Maria Fekter

Maria Fekter
Finance Minister of Austria
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 April 2011
Chancellor	Werner Faymann
Preceded by	Josef Pröll
Interior Minister of Austria
In office 1 July 2008 – 21 April 2011
Chancellor	Alfred Gusenbauer Werner Faymann
Preceded by	Günther Platter
Succeeded by	Johanna Mikl-Leitner
Personal details
Born	1 February 1956 (1956-02-01) (age 55) Attnang-Puchheim, Upper Austria
Political party	ÖVP
Profession	entrepreneur, politician

Maria Theresia Fekter is an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and since 2011 the current Austrian Minister of Finance. Before that, she used to be Minister of the Interior^[1][2]

On 27 June 2008, it was announced by her party that she is to be appointed as the new Interior Minister in the Gusenbauer cabinet, following Günther Platter, who became the new Governor of Tyrol. During her career as Interior Minister, she became known as a hardliner, especially when it came to migration and asylum policys, earning her the unofficial title of an Austrian "Iron Lady".

Because her family made a fortune producing gravel she is often referred to as "Schottermitzi" (roughly translates to "Gravel Mary"; 'Mitzi' in Viennese dialect also hints at 'prostitute').

Career

• Doctor of Law, Linz University (1979)
• Magistra rerum socialium oeconomicarumque, Linz University (1982)
• Engagement in her parents' gravel pit and carrying business (1982—), managing partner (1986—)
• Municipal councillor in Attnang-Puchheim (1986–1990)
• Member of the executive committee (Präsidium) of the Österreichischer Wirtschaftsbund (entrepreneurs' organization of the Austrian People's Party) (1990–2002)
• State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs (1990–1994)
• Member of the National Council (Parliament) (1994–2007)
• Ombudsman (Volksanwältin) (2007–2008)
• Federal Minister of the Interior (2008-2011)
• Federal Minister of Finance (2011—)

References

1. ^ ."Austria to keep deporting long-term residents, says minister". Austrian Independent. 14 October 2010. http://austrianindependent.com/news/Politics/2010-10-14/4938/Austria_to_keep_deporting_long-term_residents,_says_minister. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 
2. ^ "Arrests in Austria camp attacks". BBC. 12 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8045807.stm. Retrieved 18 January 2011. 

Political offices
Preceded by Josef Pröll	Finance Minister of Austria 2011 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Günther Platter	Interior Minister of Austria 2008 – 2011	Succeeded by Johanna Mikl-Leitner

Persondata
Name	Fekter, Maria Theresia
Alternative names
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Date of birth	1956-02-01
Place of birth	Attnang-Puchheim, Upper Austria
Date of death
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