Barbara Prammer
politician from Austria (1954-2014)
Barbara Prammer (11 January 1954 – 2 August 2014) was an Austrian politician. She was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria.
Barbara Prammer | |
|---|---|
 Prammer in 2007 | |
| President of the National Council | |
| In office 30 October 2006 – 2 August 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Andreas Khol |
| Succeeded by | Karlheinz Kopf (acting) |
| Federal Minister for Women Affairs and Consumer Protection | |
| In office 28 January 1997 – 4 February 2000 | |
| Chancellor | Viktor Klima |
| Preceded by | Helga Konrad |
| Succeeded by | Elisabeth Sickl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 January 1954 Ottnang am Hausruck, Upper Austria |
| Died | 2 August 2014 Vienna, Austria |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
| Alma mater | Johannes Kepler University Linz |
She was President of the National Council of Austria serving from 30 October 2006 until her death in 2 August 2014. She was its Vice President from 2004 to 2006. She was the first woman to hold the position of president of the national council.Prammer was Federal Minister for Women Affairs and Consumer Protection from 1997 to 2000. She was elected to the National Council in 1999.
She had two children.
Prammer died of pancreatic cancer on 2 August 2014.[1]
Honours
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Nationalratspräsidentin Barbara Prammer verstorben" [President of the National Council of Austria has passed away] (in German).
Other websites
change- Barbara Prammer Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
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