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Maria Fekter

Austrian politician

Summary

Austrian politician

Field	Value
name	Maria Fekter
image	Maria Theresia Fekter - World Economic Forum on Europe 2011.jpg
office	Minister of Finance
chancellor	Werner Faymann
term_start	21 April 2011
term_end	16 December 2013
predecessor	Josef Pröll
successor	Michael Spindelegger
office1	Minister of the Interior
chancellor1	Alfred Gusenbauer
Werner Faymann
term_start1	1 July 2008
term_end1	21 April 2011
predecessor1	Wilhelm Molterer (Acting)
successor1	Johanna Mikl-Leitner
birth_date
birth_place	Attnang-Puchheim, Austria
party	People's Party
alma_mater	Johannes Kepler University Linz

Werner Faymann 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.

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". Fekter is also often referred to as "Schottermitzi" due to her family's involvement with the gravel industry.

Early life and career

Fekter attended the Sisters of the Cross gymnasium in Gmunden then attended the grammar school Kreuzschwestern Gmunden. She obtained her Matura in 1975 from the commercial academy in Vöcklabruck. Afterward, she studied law, graduating from Johannes Kepler University Linz as a Doctor of Law in 1979. She then went on to obtain her Magistra rerum socialium oeconomicarumque from her alma mater in 1982. After graduating she worked in her parents' gravel pit and carrying business, becoming a managing partner in 1986.

In 1986 she became a municipal councillor in Attnang-Puchheim, which she did until 1990. From 1990 to 1994 she was State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and later a Member of the National Council (Parliament) from 1994 to 2007. During this time she was a Member of the executive committee (Präsidium) of the Österreichischer Wirtschaftsbund from 1990 to 1995, and again since 2008. From 2007 to 2008 she was a Ombudsman (Volksanwältin) of Austria, before becoming Federal Minister of the Interior from 2008 to 2011. Afterward, she served as Minister of Finance from 2011 to 2013.

Other activities

Salzburg Festival, member of the board of trustees (since 2013)
African Development Bank, member of the board of governors (2011–2013)

Notes

References

(14 October 2010). "Austria to keep deporting long-term residents, says minister". Austrian Independent.
(12 May 2009). "Arrests in Austria camp attacks". [[BBC]].
"Neugebauer: Fekter ist Garant für Fortbestand der Sicherheitspolitik".
(31 August 2011). "Granite lady". POLITICO.
(13 December 2013). "Austria’s outspoken finance minister replaced". Financial Times.
"Politiker-Spitznamen: Strickliesl, Schottermitzi & Co". [[Die Presse]].
"Fekter Maria Theresia, Mag. Dr. {{!}} Parlament Österreich".
"Fekter, Maria".
(10 November 2012). "“Meine Freunde nennen mich Marie” – ein Tag mit Fekter". Kronen.
[https://www.parlament.gv.at/POOL/SWBRETT/ZUSD/BezBegrBVGPar9-NR.pdf 2016 Transparency Report] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-04-02 [[National Council (Austria)). National Council]].
[https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/AfDB%20Group%20Annual%20Report%202011.pdf AfDB Annual Report 2011] [[African Development Bank]] (AfDB).

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