Date and place of birth:
22.12.1945, Bad Goisern
Education:
1963 - 1965 Vocational Training Academy in Innsbruck (Teaching qualifications for home economics)
Career in brief:
- 1965 - 1988 Teacher at secondary schools in Bad Ischl, Linz and Steyr
- 1991 - 2003 Member of the Bad Hall town council
- Since 2003 member of the Bad Hall municipal council
- 1994 - 1996 Member of the Federal Council
- 1996 - 1997 Member of the Upper Austria legislature
- 1997 - 2003 Member of the government of Upper Austria, responsible for Women, Environment and Consumers
- 28.2 2003 - 25.1.2005 State Secretary for Generations
- 2003 - 2005 Acting and, from 3.7.2004, elected Chair of the national FPÖ (Austrian Freedom Party)
- Since 26.1.2005 Federal Minister for Social Security, Generations and Consumer Protection