Leonore Gewessler

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Leonore Gewessler
Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 January 2020
Chancellor	Sebastian Kurz Alexander Schallenberg Karl Nehammer
Preceded by
Personal details
Born	(1977-10-15) 15 October 1977 (age 44) Graz, Styria, Austria
Political party	The Greens – The Green Alternative
Alma mater	University of Vienna

Leonore Gewessler (born 15 September 1977) is an Austrian Green politician is serving as Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and later Alexander Schallenberg since January 2020.^[1]

Early life[]

Education[]

Gewessler earned her political science degree (BA) from the University of Vienna.

Political career[]

From 2014 until 2019, Gewessler served as head of Austria’s largest environmental charity and lobbying group Global 2000. In this capacity, she championed a popular campaign against the expansion of the ageing Soviet-era^{[clarification needed]} Mochovce nuclear power plant in neighbouring Slovakia, just 100km from the Austrian border.^[2]

In the negotiations on a coalition government following the 2019 national elections, Gewessler was a member of the Green Party’s delegation.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Leonore Gewessler on the Austrian Parliament website

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