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Eleonora "Lore" Hostasch (born 9 July 1944) is an Austrian politician and trade union leader.
of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1997)
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Life
Hostasch was born and raised in Vienna. She became a bank employee at BAWAG in 1962. From 1975 – 1994 she was chairperson of the BAWAG works council. She was active in the Chamber for Workers and Employees, notably becoming its president in 1994 until 1997. From 1983 she was on the managing board of theAustrian Trade Union Federation
The Austrian Trade Union Federation or Austrian Federation of Trade Unions ( de: ''Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund'', abbreviated OeGB or ÖGB) is a labour union of employees. It is constituted as an association and is subdivided into seven ...
(ÖGB) and was deputy chairperson (1986–1989) and then chairwoman (1989–1994) of the Union of Private Sector Employees The Union of Private Sector Employees (german: Gewerkschaft der Privatangestellten, GPA) was a trade union representing white collar workers in Austria.
The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation. It became the largest af ...
. She became vice president of the ÖGB from 1991 until 1995.
Hostasch, as 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 ...
(SPÖ), sat on the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna from 1987 until she was elected to the National Council in 1989. She sat on the National Council until 1994 and again from 1996 to 1997. In January 1997 she was named Minister for Labour, Health and Social Affairs under Chancellor
Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
Viktor Klima.
In Klima's cabinet she introduced reforms to the pension system (making early retirement less common) and to health care (forming the in 1998, among other things). Her political style was described as considerate and open to compromises. Hostasch left government in 2000, following the SPÖ's losses in the 1999 legislative election.
Awards and honours
* of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1997)
* Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria
The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (german: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the ...
(2000)
* Honourable senator of BOKU Vienna (2009)
* Victor Adler Badge (2014)
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* 1944 births 20th-century Austrian politicians 20th-century Austrian women politicians Health ministers of Austria Living people Politicians from Vienna Recipients of the Grand Decoration with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria Social Democratic Party of Austria politicians Women government ministers of Austria {{austria-politician-stub