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Chancellor
  
Alfred Gusenbauer

Children
  
Carola Fekter

Preceded by
  
Gunther Platter

Party
  
Austrian People's Party

Role
  
Austrian Politician

Preceded by
  
Josef Proll

Name
  
Maria Fekter


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Chancellor
  
Wolfgang SchusselAlfred Gusenbauer

Education
  
Johannes Kepler University Linz

Succeeded by
  
Michael Spindelegger

Succeeded by
  
Johanna Mikl-Leitner

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Maria Theresia Fekter is an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and was the Austrian Minister of Finance between 2011 and 2013. Before that, she was Minister of the Interior.

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On 27 June 2008, it was announced by her party that she was to be appointed as the new Interior Minister in the Gusenbauer cabinet, following Günther Platter, who became the new Governor of Tyrol. During her career as Interior Minister, she became known as a hardliner, especially when it came to immigration and asylum policies, earning her the unofficial title of an Austrian "Iron Lady".

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Because her family made a fortune producing gravel Fekter is often referred to as "Schottermitzi" (roughly translates to "Gravel Mary"; 'Mitzi' is the colloquial nickname form of Mary in Viennese dialect).

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Career

  • Doctor of Law, Johannes Kepler University Linz (1979)
  • Magistra rerum socialium oeconomicarumque, Johannes Kepler University Linz (1982)
  • Engagement in her parents' gravel pit and carrying business (1982—), managing partner (1986—)
  • Municipal councillor in Attnang-Puchheim (1986–1990)
  • Member of the executive committee (Präsidium) of the Österreichischer Wirtschaftsbund (entrepreneurs' organization of the Austrian People's Party) (1990–2002)
  • State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs (1990–1994)
  • Member of the National Council (Parliament) (1994–2007)
  • Ombudsman (Volksanwältin) (2007–2008)
  • Federal Minister of the Interior (2008-2011)
  • Federal Minister of Finance (2011—2013)

    • Other activities

  • Salzburg Festival, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2013)

    • References

    Maria Fekter Wikipedia
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