Claudia Schmied (May 10, 1959) is an Austrian politician, a member of the

Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

. She was born in Vienna and attended elementary school and secondary school there. Schmied went on to study business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She worked at the Investkredit Bank AG from 1983 to 1997. From 1997 to 1999, she was a policy advisor to the German Minister of Finance

Rudolf Edlinger Rudolf Edlinger (Austria, 20 February 1940 – 21 August 2021) was a Social Democratic Party of Austria politician who served as Austrian Finance Minister (1997–2000) under Chancellor Viktor Klima. He was the president of the football club ...

. From 2000 to 2004, she was head of the finance department at Investkredit Bank AG. She served on the board of from 2004 to 2007 and on the board of Dexia Kommunalkredit Bank AG from 2005 to 2007. She also was a lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Schmied was Minister of Education, the Arts and Cultural Affairs from 2007 to 2013, serving 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 ...

and then the first Faymann government. At the end of September 2013, she announced her decision to leave politics.

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