Martina Rüscher (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Valentini; born 25 July 1972, in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

) is an 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) and communications consultant. She has been, since 2014, a member of the parliament 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 ...

. Rüscher is married, has three sons and lives in Andelsbuch in the Bregenz Forest.

Education and profession

Born Martina Valentini, she was born in 1972 in Innsbruck and grew up in

Landeck Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck. Geography Landeck is located in the Tyrolean Oberland in the west of the state at an elevation of about . The town is situated in the valley of the Inn Ri ...

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

. From 1986 to 1991, she attended the College for Economic Occupations in Innsbruck and graduated there. From 1991 to 1993, she also studied at the Economic and Foreign Language Academy of the

University of Salzburg The University of Salzburg (german: Universität Salzburg), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an Austrian public university A public university or public college is a univ ...

. Starting in 1993, Rüscher worked at the Handl Tyrol company in

Pians ''Pians also refers to the alumni association composed of St. Pius X Seminary and Sancta Maria Mater et Regina Seminarium alumni.'' Pians is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 4.3 km west of the ...

, where Rüscher was involved in export of office staff. From 1995 to 1996, she was subsequently head of the purchasing department at Art Verlag in Innsbruck. In 1996, she married physiotherapist Michael Rüscher in Innsbruck and moved to Andelsbuch in the Bregenzerwald. At the same time, she took a new job at the Zumtobel Staff GmbH in Dornbirn, where she was working as an assistant in marketing communication. In 1998, Rüscher finally formed her independent company, and subsequently founded the company VIA3 Communications in 2003. In 2010, Rüscher obtained certifications to become a project manager, and in 2012 she completed her academic courses in business management. In 2014, she earned her

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

degree in General Management Competences at the

Danube University Krems The University for Continuing Education Krems () is an Austrian university specializing in further education for working professionals. It is located in Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria. Name The Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Re ...

. By 2015, she completed university courses in PR and Integrated Communication at the University of Krems.

Political Work

In 1998, Rüscher joined the Austrian Economic Alliance and thus the Austrian People's Party. She has been a member of the local council in her hometown of Andelsbuch since 2000. Only in the run-up state elections in Vorarlberg in 2014 was her candidacy for the Vorarlberg branch of the Austrian People's Party known. Rüscher eventually won a seat in Parliament in her constituency of Bregenz and was thus first sworn in on 15 October 2014 at the state parliament building. In her 30th legislative period, Rüscher was appointed the area spokeswoman for the ÖVP parliament for health, women and child care. Since 4 March 2015, Rüscher has been the successor of

Greti Schmid Greti Schmid (née Pohlin; born 24 May 1954) is a former Austrian politician for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Schmid was, from 2000 to 2014, part of the provincial Council in the federal state government of Vorarlberg. Education Schmid w ...

as Provincial Director of the Women's Movement in the Vorarlberg branch of the Austrian People's Party. At the state convention of the Vorarlberg branch of the Austrian People's Party on 9 May 2015, Rüscher was voted as one of the deputies of the State Party.
ÖVP-Chef Wallner mit 97,93 Prozent gewählt
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External links

auf den Seiten des Vorarlberger Landtags.
Biography of Martina Rüscher
in the parliamentary documents for Vorarlberg Landtags.
Vorstellung von Martina Rüscher
auf den Seiten ihres Unternehmens VIA3 Communications.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruscher, Martina 1972 births Living people Politicians from Innsbruck People from Landeck District Austrian People's Party politicians 21st-century Austrian women politicians 21st-century Austrian politicians