Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Heads of the Parliament of Austria/Republik Österreich
(Female Suffrage 1918)


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Austria Ministers

Federal Assembly - Bundesrat
National Assembly - Nationalrat

1927-28 Chairperson of the Bundesrat Olga Rudel-Zeynek
1932 Chairperson
She was born von Zeynek in family of famous authors. She lived (1871-1948)

1953 Chairperson of the Bundesrat Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Johanna Bayer
Sometime also deputy President. She lived (1915-2000)

1965, 1969 and 1974 Chairperson of the Bundesrat Helene Tschitschko
She lived (1908-92)

1968 Vice-Chairperson of the Bundesrat Rudolfine Muhr
She lived (1900-84)

1973 Vice-Chairperson of the Bundesrat Hella Hanzlik
(b. 1912-)

1975-83 Secretary of the Nationalrat Dr. Erika Seda
(b. 1923-)

1982 Vice-Chairperson of the Bundesrat Dr.phil Anna (Altman-)Demuth
(b.1921-)

1983-89 Secretary of the Nationalrat Edith Dobesberger

1984-90 Secretary of the Nationalrat Elfride Karl
Former minister

1986-90 2. President of the Nationalrat Dr.phil Marga Hubinek
As the first vice-President of the National Council she was part of the collective vice-presidency of the Republic together with the President and second Vice-President of the Council.

1988-99 Secretary of Nationalrat Johanne Schicker

1987 Chairperson of the Bundesrat Dr.phil Helga Heiden-Sommer

1990-94 3. President of the Nationalrat Dr. Heide Smith
Leader of Liberalen Forum 1993-2000. As the second vice-President of the National Council she was part of the collective vice-presidency of the Republic together with the President and first Vice-President of the Council.

1990-99 Secretary of the Nationalrat. Ilona Graenitz

1990-94 Secretary of the Nationalrat Mag. Terezija Stoisits

1991 President of the Bundesrat Anna Elisabeth Haselbach
1995 President
1996-99 Vice-President
2000 President
2000-04 Vice-President
2004 President
2004 President of the Bundesversamlung (08.07.2004)
2005-08 Vice-President

Title of the presiding officer was changed from Chairman to President in 1988. In July 2004 she presided over the Bundesversamlung - the gathering of both chambers of the Parliament for the swearing-in of the new Federal President.

1991-2000 Secretary of the Bundesrat Helga Markowitsch

1992-99 Secretary of the Nationalrat Ute Apfelbeck

1994-2002 Secretary of the Nationalrat Ludmilla Parfuss

1994-99 Secretary of the Nationalrat Rosemarie Bauer

1994- Queastor of the Nationalrat Ridi Streibl

1994-99 and 2000-04 Secretary of the Bundesrat Ilse Giesinger

1995-2002 Secretary of the Nationalrat Annemarie Reitsamer

1996-99 Queastor of the Nationalrat Klara Motter

1999-2002 Secretary of the Nationalrat Edith Haller
Bundesparteiobmann-stellvertreter der FPÖ (Vice-President of the rightwing Fedom Party) 1992-99.

2000 President of the Bundesrat Johanna Auer
2004-05 Secretary of the Bundesrat
Member of the Bundesrat from 2000. (b. 1950-)

2000-03 Secretary of the Bundesrat Hedda Kainz

2000-03 Secretary of the Bundesrat Monika Mühlwerth

2002 President of the Bundesrat Uta Barbara Pühringer (1/1-30/6)
She was member of the Landtag of Oberösterreich 1996-96 when she became member of the Bundesrat for the Österreichischen Volkspartei. (b. 1943-)

2002-06 Secretary of the Nationalrat Astrid Stadler

2002-08 Secretary of the Nationalrat Gabriele Binder-Maier

2003-06 Secretary of the Bundesrat Johanna Schicker

2004-06 2. President of the Nationalrat Barbara Prammer
2006- President of the Nationalrat
Second President (1. Vice-President) of the Landtag 1991-95, Landesrätin of Housing and Construction, Environment and Administrative Control of Oberösterreich 1995-97. Since 1995 Deputy Federal Chairperson of SPÖ, 1997-2000 Federal Minister of Consumer's Control and Women's Affairs, 2000-04 Deputy Leader of the SPÖ-Klub in the Nationalrat. When the outgoing President died two days before his successor was to take office in July 2004, she acted as Head of State for a few days together with the President and 3. President as a Collegium. (b. 1954-).

2004-05 Secretary of the Bundesrat Sissy Roth-Halvax
2006-07 President of the Bundesrat
2006-08
Secretary of the Bundesrat
She ws the 162th president and the 14th woman to lead the Assembly of the Federal States. (b. 1946-).

2004-08 Secretary of the Bundesrat Susanne Neuwirth
2008- Vice-President of the Bundesrat

2004-08
Queastor of the Bundesrat
Elisabeth Kerschbaum

2004-07 Secretary of the Nationalrat Maria Theresia Fekter
Secretary of State of Economy for Construction and Tourism 1990-95, Chairperson of the Parliamentary Klub of ÖVP 1995-99. In 2006 she was narrowly defeated by a man within the ÖVP Klub for the post of 2. President of the Nationalrat (1. Vice-President). Ombudsman 2007-08 and Minister of Interior from 2008. (b. 1956-).

2006 Secretary of the Bundesrat
Martina Diesner-Wais

2006-08 3. President of the Nationalrat Eva Glawischnig
Deputy Leader of the Grüne Partei 2002-08 and Leader from 2008. (b. 1969-)

2006- Secretary of the Nationalrat Marianne Hagenhofer

2008- Secretary of the Nationalrat Anna Franz

2008- Secretary of the Nationalrat Rosa Lohfeyer

2008- Queastor of the Nationalrat
Rosemarie Schönpass

2008- Secretary of the Bundesrat Ana Blatnik

2008- Secretary of the Bundesrat Barbara Eibinger

2008- Secretary of the Bundesrat Waltraut Hladny


Last update 20.07.09