Leonore Gewessler
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Leonore Gewessler | |
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Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology | |
Assumed office 7 January 2020 | |
Chancellor | |
Preceded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | Graz, Styria, Austria | 15 October 1977
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[]
- ^ "Leonore Gewessler, BA, Biografie". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ a b Sam Jones (March 2, 2020), Austrian Greens’ ‘super minister’ takes the reins Financial Times.
External links[]
- Leonore Gewessler on the Austrian Parliament website
- Living people
- 1977 births
- Politicians from Graz
- Government ministers of Austria
- Women government ministers of Austria
- 21st-century Austrian women politicians
- The Greens – The Green Alternative politicians
- Austrian environmentalists
- University of Vienna alumni
- Austrian politician stubs