Barbara Prammer
Barbara Prammer | |
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President of the National Council | |
In office 30 October 2006 – 2 August 2014 | |
Preceded by | Andreas Khol |
Succeeded by | Doris Bures |
Federal Minister for Women Affairs and Consumer Protection | |
In office 28 January 1997 – 4 February 2000 | |
Chancellor | Viktor Klima |
Preceded by | Helga Konrad |
Succeeded by | Elisabeth Sickl |
Personal details | |
Born | Ottnang am Hausruck, Upper Austria | 11 January 1954
Died | 2 August 2014 Vienna, Austria | (aged 60)
Political party | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
Alma mater | Johannes Kepler University Linz |
Barbara Prammer (née Thaller; 11 January 1954 – 2 August 2014) was an Austrian politician and member of the
Biography
Prammer was born in the
In 1990 she was elected president of the SPÖ women's organisation in Upper Austria and became deputy and vice-president of the Upper Austrian
In 1995 Prammer joined the SPÖ party executive on federal level as a vice-chair. Two years later Chancellor
On 16 June 2004 Prammer was elected Vice President of the National Council and upon the 2006 legislative election succeeded Andreas Khol as President, re-elected twice in 2008 and 2013. During her term, she took a stand for parliamentary minority rights and towards the culture of remembrance concerning the Austrian Nazi past.
Though she had publicly unveiled her cancerous condition in September 2013, she announced to carry on official duties, temporarily represented by her deputy Fritz Neugebauer. Barbara Prammer died of pancreatic cancer[1] on 2 August 2014 at the age of 60.[2] A state funeral in her honour was held on 9 August, attended by Austrian President Heinz Fischer, Chancellor Werner Faymann, and Minister Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek, as well as by editors like Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi and numerous European speakers of parliament like Norbert Lammert, Guido Westerwelle, Josip Leko, Ranko Krivokapić, Ulrike Lunacek, Katalin Szili, and Pia Locatelli. Prammer was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering and her ashes buried in Vienna Central Cemetery.
Prammer was married (1980–2001) and had two children.
Honours
- Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (2000)[3]
- In 2014, she received a membership of the legion of honor as a Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur (C. LH) for her merits as a women's rights advocate and her role in implementing democratic values[4]
- 1st Class / Knights Grand Cross Order of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2007)
References
- ^ "Pankreas-Krebs: Selten, symptomlos und tödlich!" [Pancreatic Cancer: Rare, Without Symptoms, and Lethal!]. heute.at (in German). Vienna: AHVV Verlags GmbH. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
- ^ "Nationalratspräsidentin Barbara Prammer verstorben" [President of the National Council of Austria has passed away] (in German).
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour" (PDF) (in German). p. 1354. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20140118_OTS0007/hoechste-franzoesische-auszeichnung-fuer-barbara-prammer (in German)
External links
- Media related to Barbara Prammer at Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Prammer