Doris Schmidauer
Doris Schmidauer | |
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First Lady of Austria | |
Current | |
Assumed role 26 January 2017 | |
President | Alexander Van der Bellen |
Preceded by | Margit Fischer |
Personal details | |
Born | Grieskirchen, Upper Austria, Austria | 21 September 1963
Political party | Green Party |
Spouse | |
Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Doris Schmidauer (born 21 September 1963) is an Austrian environmentalist and party official for the Green Party. Schmidauer has served as the First Lady of Austria since January 2017 as the wife of Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen.[1][2]
Biography
Doris Schmidauer was born in Grieskirchen, Upper Austria, on 21 September 1963, to Doris and Ernst Schmidauer.[1][3][4] Her father, Ernst Schmidauer (1934–2018), was a school director at Johann Eisterer State School and a brass band conductor.[1][4] Schmidauer was raised in Peuerbach, a small town in Grieskirchen District.[1] She attended primary school in Peuerbach and graduated from a girls' high school in the city of Wels in June 1982.[1][3]
Schmidauer moved to
Schmidauer, who described her political views as "left-liberal," has worked for the
In December 2015, Doris Schmidauer married Alexander Van der Bellen following a longtime relationship.[1] Doris Schmidauer has no children, while Van der Bellen has two sons from his first marriage.[1]
Schmidauer became First Lady in January 2017 when Van der Bellen assumed the presidency of Austria. She expressed a desire to continue working within the Green Party's leadership while fulfilling her obligations as first lady and wife of the president.[1][5] She left her position as manager of the Greens Parliamentary Club in January 2018 to focus on the duties of the first lady.[3][6] In a speech on International Women's Day 2019, Schmidauer criticized the lack of women on the boards of directors of domestic Austrian companies.[6]She noted that, out 186 total board members, only nine were women.[6]
Honours
Foreign honours
- Estonia: 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (21 May 2021)
- Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 June 2019)
- Netherlands: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (27 June 2022)
- Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (18 June 2019)
- South Korea: Grand Gwanghwa Medal of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (14 June 2021)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Doris Schmidauer - Die neue First Lady". Salzburger Nachrichten. 2013-12-07. Archived from the original on 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "Das ist die neue First Lady". Kurier. 2013-12-07. Archived from the original on 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ a b c d e "CV Mag.a Doris Schmidauer" (PDF). Wirtrauern.at. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ a b "Ernst Schmidauer: Musiker, Mentor und Menschenfreund". Wirtrauern.at. 2018-01-17. Archived from the original on 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
- ^ Mittelstaedt, Katharina (2016-12-04). "Das ist die neue First Lady". Österreich. Archived from the original on 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ a b c Metzger, Ida (2019-09-03). "Schmidauer entdeckt Spaß an First-Lady-Rolle". Kurier. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2020-05-31.