Date and place of birth:
11.5.1942, Vienna
Education:
1956–1961 Teacher training college in Innsbruck
Career in brief:
- 1961 - 1966 Teacher
- 1966 - 1980 Housewife
- Since 1980 active in politics:
- 1980 - 1990 Member of the Bregenz town council (Vorarlberg)
- 1984 - 1990 Member of the Vorarlberg legislature
- 1990 - 1995 Member of the Vorarlberg government
- 1990 - 1995 Acting President of the Vorarlberg Schools Board in Bregenz
- 1995 - 2000 Federal Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs
- Since 1.4.2000 Federal Minister for Education, Science and Culture