Date and place of birth:
31.1.1949, Vienna
Education:
Graduated from the Pedagogical Institute as a teacher for English (1967), Russian (1977), geography and economics (1979) and physical education (1981)
Career in brief:
- 1967–1983 Teacher at a secondary modern school in Vienna-Favoriten
- 1983–1987 Member of the Federal Council
- 1983–1992 Managing director of the Vienna "Soziales Hilfswerk" (non-profit organisation)
- 1984–1992 Seconded to the Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts, Centre for Innovation in Schools, Integration of the Disabled
- 1987–1992 Member of the Vienna legislature and municipal council
- 1992–1994 Federal Minister for Environment, Youth and the Family
- 1994–1995 Federal Minister for the Environment
- 1995–1999 Member of the National Council
- 1995–2003 General Secretary of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP)
- 2001–2003 Member of the National Council
- Since 28.2.2003 Federal Minister for Health and Women
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