(ANSA-AFP) - VIENNA, DEC 2 - Austria's ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz, long hailed a political whizz kid until resigning after being implicated in a corruption investigation, is expected to announce he is leaving politics, reports said Thursday. The conservative, who became the world's youngest democratically elected head of government aged 31 in 2017, will hold a press conference at 11:30 am (1030 GMT) with media reporting he would resign as head of his party and as a lawmaker. In a spectacular turn of events, the now 35-year-old stepped down as chancellor in October, shortly after he was implicated in a sweeping corruption investigation. He dismisses any allegation of wrongdoing and remained at the helm of his conservative People's Party (OeVP). He became a member of parliament after resigning as chancellor. But tabloid newspaper Kronen Zeitung cited sources close to Kurz as saying that the recent birth of his son made him want to step back from politics. Austrian news agency APA confirmed the report.

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