Iris Rauskala

Rauskala speaking in Vienna, 2019

Inauguration of Iris Eliisa Rauskala with president Alexander Van der Bellen (2019)

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 [de]. 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.

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[austria-forum-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Rauskala, Iris Eliisa". austria-forum.org (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[derstandard-interview-2] Nimmervoll, Lisa (14 June 2019). "Bildungsministerin Rauskala: "Beamte sind keine gut abgesicherten Nichtstuer"". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[vindobona-3] "Meet Austria's Minister of Education Iris Eliisa Rauskala". vindobona.org. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[derstandard-article-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Nimmervoll, Lisa (31 May 2019). "Präsidialsektionschefin Iris Rauskala soll Bildungsministerin werden". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2019.

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