Maria Rauch-Kallat is a former

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(ÖVP) politician who served as Minister of Health and Women from 2003 to 2007 in the Austrian government. She is currently a

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Political career

She entered politics in 1983 as a member of the Austrian Senate until 1987, when she became a member of the City Council of

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. In 1992 – 1994 she served as Federal Minister for Environment, Youth, and Family under

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's third cabinet (or Vranitzky Cabinet III), succeeding

Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel (born 15 September 1942) is an Austrian politician and former Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism (Austria), Federal Minister of the Environment, Youth and Family. Feldgrill-Zankel was born in Kapfenberg, Styria, in 1942. ...

. She also became Deputy President of the

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 ...

-Vienna, a position she held until 2000, and served as Secretary General of the

-Austria from 1995 until 2003. Under Vranitzky Cabinet IV, which began on November 29, 1994, she served as the Federal Minister for Environment until 1995. She served as a member of the

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for three stints—from 1995 until 1999, from 2001 until 2003, and from 2006 until 2008. She served as Federal Minister for Health and Women from 2003 until January 2007 under Chancellor

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Affiliations

Rauch-Kallat has been the President of the

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(NPC) since 2009 after serving as NPC Vice President.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rauch-Kallat, Maria Living people 1949 births 20th-century Austrian women politicians 20th-century Austrian politicians 21st-century Austrian women politicians 21st-century Austrian politicians Government ministers of Austria Women government ministers of Austria