Iris Rauskala
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Iris Eliisa Rauskala (born 14 March 1978 in Helsinki) is a Finnish-born Austrian civil servant and economist who served as Minister of Education, Science and Research in the Bierlein government.[1]
Life[]
The daughter of a Finnish scientist and an Austrian civil servant, Rauskala was born in Helsinki, where she lived until the age of five. She is married and openly lesbian.[2]
She studied international economics at the University of Innsbruck and completed a doctorate in 2006.[3] Rauskala then joined the civil service in the Ministry of Economy and later the science ministry, working under ministers Johannes Hahn, Beatrix Karl and . She taught at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences from 2011 until she was appointed to a highly ranked position in the education ministry in 2015.[4] She is deputy chairperson of the Austrian Science Fund board of supervisors.[1]
On 3 June 2019 she was sworn in as Minister for Education, Science and Research in the interim government of Brigitte Bierlein. She was described as popular and "extremely dynamic".[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Rauskala, Iris Eliisa". austria-forum.org (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Nimmervoll, Lisa (14 June 2019). "Bildungsministerin Rauskala: "Beamte sind keine gut abgesicherten Nichtstuer"". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Meet Austria's Minister of Education Iris Eliisa Rauskala". vindobona.org. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nimmervoll, Lisa (31 May 2019). "Präsidialsektionschefin Iris Rauskala soll Bildungsministerin werden". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
External links[]
- "Mag. Dr. Iris Rauskala". parlament.gv.at. Austrian Parliament.
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Helsinki
- Government ministers of Austria
- Women government ministers of Austria
- Austrian economists
- Austrian women economists
- LGBT politicians from Austria
- University of Innsbruck alumni
- 21st-century economists
- 21st-century Austrian politicians
- Austrian people of Finnish descent
- 21st-century Austrian women politicians
- LGBT government ministers
- Austrian politician stubs