Andrea Kdolsky (née Pelucha, born 2 November 1962) is an Austrian physician and retired politician (Non-party, until 2023

ÖVP The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is currentl ...

) who was Minister for Health, Family and Youth in the

Gusenbauer government The Gusenbauer government (german: Bundesregierung Gusenbauer) was sworn in on 11 January 2007 and left office on 2 December 2008. Composition The cabinet was a coalition between the Social Democratic Party of Austria, Social Democratic Party an ...

. Kdolsky was born and grew up in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

. She originally began studying law and economics, but ultimately completed a

Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin language, Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a profes ...

in 1993 at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

. She subsequently worked as an

anaesthesiologist Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology, or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, ...

. From 11 January 2007 to 2 December 2008 Kdolsky was Minister for Health, Family and Youth in the cabinet of

Alfred Gusenbauer Alfred Gusenbauer (born 8 February 1960) is an Austrian politician who until 2008 spent his entire professional life as an employee of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) or as a parliamentary representative. He headed the SPÖ from 200 ...

. She was ÖVP Minister. After retirement from politics she became a consultant on health care. Andrea Kdolsky is a former member of the

Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is currentl ...

. In March 2023 she left the party after a state government was formed from the ÖVP and the

FPÖ The Freedom Party of Austria (german: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. It was led by Norbert Hofer from September 2019 to 1 June 2021.Staff (1 June 2021"Aust ...

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

after the state elections in January 2023. She rejects the FPÖ under state party leader Udo Landbauer.

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* 1962 births Living people Physicians from Vienna Government ministers of Austria Austrian people of Czech descent Women government ministers of Austria University of Vienna alumni 21st-century Austrian politicians 21st-century Austrian women politicians Politicians from Vienna {{austria-politician-stub