Monika Forstinger (born 15 July 1963) is an
Austrian businesswoman and former politician associated with the
Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ).
Life
Forstinger was born in
Schwanenstadt,
Upper Austria, in 1963. She studied at the
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and the
Johannes Kepler University Linz
The Johannes Kepler University Linz (German: ''Johannes Kepler Universität Linz'', short: ''JKU'') is a public institution of higher education in Austria. It is located in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. It offers bachelor's, master's, d ...
, graduating in 1988 and finishing a
doctorate in 1997. She has one son, born 2005.
She became
Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology in the
first Schüssel government on 11 November 2000. Forstinger was repeatedly criticised in this position, for example for issuing a flawed telephone number regulation which was rescinded almost immediately. She resigned in February 2002 after 15 months in office.
After leaving politics, Forstinger went to study in France and founded a consultancy firm specialising in
risk management. This caused controversy in 2003 when her company received a contract from the state-owned
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).
In February 2018 she was appointed to the ÖBB
supervisory board. In the same year, she became a member of the university council at the BOKU.
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1963 births
Living people
People from Vöcklabruck District
Freedom Party of Austria politicians
Government ministers of Austria
Women government ministers of Austria
21st-century Austrian businesswomen
21st-century Austrian businesspeople
20th-century Austrian politicians
20th-century Austrian women politicians
21st-century Austrian politicians
21st-century Austrian women politicians
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna alumni
Johannes Kepler University Linz alumni
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