Greti Schmid (née Pohlin; born 24 May 1954) is a former Austrian politician for 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 ...

(ÖVP). Schmid was, from 2000 to 2014, part of the provincial Council in the federal state government of

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...

Education

Schmid was born at

Bruneck Bruneck (; it, Brunico or Ladin: ''Bornech'' or ''Burnech''; la, Branecium or ''Brunopolis'' is the largest town in the Puster Valley in the Italian province of South Tyrol. Geography Bruneck rises up in the middle of a wide valley (perhaps a ...

in the

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

in Italy. After graduating from the Department of Commercial Law in

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...

, Italy, she studied biology at the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

in Austria in 1979. By 1984, she was also an Italian language interpreter. From 1986 to 1988, she worked in the private sector in

Bregenz Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...

, and, from 1989 to 2000, as an assistant to the hospital management in the Feldkirch country hospital in

Feldkirch Feldkirch may refer to: Places * Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, a medieval city and capital of an administrative district in Austria ** Feldkirch (district), an administrative division of Vorarlberg, Austria * Feldkirch (Hartheim), a village in the munici ...

Political career

Schmid began her political activity in

Göfis Göfis is a municipality in the district of Feldkirch in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest g ...

. From 1995 to 2000, she was the local representative of the "Offene Dorfliste" and chairman of the Social Committee. In 1999 and 2000, she was a member of the Landtag for the ÖVP in the Vorarlberg Landtag, and as such she also part of the environmental committee of the Volkspartei. From October 2000 onwards, she was responsible in the areas of family, women, youth and senior citizens, social affairs, nursing and care, development cooperation, information technology and telecommunication policy as a regional councilor in the Vorarlberg provincial government as the successor to Eva Maria Waibel. In the 14 years of her career, Schmid was a member of a total of four ÖVP-led provincial governments under two different provincial heads. The first time, she was a member of the state governments in the provincial government of

Herbert Sausgruber Herbert Sausgruber (born July 24, 1946 in Bregenz) was governor of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and chairman of the Vorarlberg ÖVP. Education After the ''Matura'' (general qualification for university entrance), Sausgruber he studied la ...

by 11 October 2000, and subsequently became a member of the provincial government under the title of regional governor for new governor

Markus Wallner Markus Wallner (born 20 July 1967) is an Austrian politician (ÖVP). Since 2011, he has been the governor of Vorarlberg. Life and work Markus Wallner was born on 20 July 1967, the son of Herwig and Theresia Wallner in the district capital of B ...

. Already in the run-up to the 2014 Landtagswahl, Schmid announced her withdrawal from politics and thus, after the election, withdrew from the state government. On the occasion of her departure, Wallner emphasized before the Landtag that her work was characterized by a considerable perseverance and a strong backbone, and to the needs-oriented further development of the social network in Vorarlberg with inter alia the holiday for caring relatives, the "early aid" program, the financial license, home care, the center of competence for child protection and the mobile assistance services. From February 2001 to March 2015, she was also regional director of the ÖVP women's association in Vorarlberg. Her successor in this function is the regional parliamentarian

Martina Rüscher Martina Rüscher (née Valentini; born 25 July 1972, in Innsbruck, Austria) is an Austrian politician for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and communications consultant. She has been, since 2014, a member of the parliament of Vorarlberg. Rüsch ...

.Martina Rüscher neue Leiterin des ÖVP-Frauenbunds in Vorarlberg
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Personal life

Schmid is married, has two daughters and lives in Göfis.

External links

Biography of Greti Schmid
on the parliamentary documents of Vorarlberg Landtags.

References

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