Doris Bures

Doris Bures
Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 December 2008
Chancellor	Werner Faymann
Preceded by	Werner Faymann
Personal details
Born	3 August 1962 (1962-08-03) (age 49) Vienna, Austria
Political party	Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs
Profession	politician

Doris Bures (born August 3, 1962) is an Austrian politician. Since December 2008, she has been Austrian Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology. Bures is a member of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ), has served as Minister for Women, Media and Public Service and was a member of the National Council of Austria.

Bures attended elementary school and a commercial school. She became a federal secretary of the Socialist Youth in 1980 and worked in a project with unemployed young people between 1985 and 1986. Between 1988 and 1994 Bures was employed as secretary in a local social democratic organisation in Vienna and became general secretary of the Austrian tenant association in 1995. Afterwards Bures was Bundesgeschäftsführerin (executive director) of the SPÖ between 2000 and 2007 and also 2008.

Bures started her political career as a district councillor in Wien-Liesing between 1987 and 1990. She has been deputy to the party leader in the district of Liesing since 1995 and was chairwoman of the SPÖ-women in Liesing between 2000 and 2006. Bures was a member of the National Council of Austria between November 5 1990 and January 15 2007 and between July 3 2008 and December 2 2008. She served as a minister without portfolio in the Gusenbauer cabinet between January 11 2007 and February 28 2007 and was Minister for Women, Media and Public Service. Since December 2 2008 Bures has served as Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology.

External links

• Biography, contact details and speeches since 1996 of Doris Bures at the Parliament of Austria (German)

Media related to Doris Bures at Wikimedia Commons

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Name	Bures, Doris
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Date of birth	August 3, 1962
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
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