Hilde Hawlicek
Hilde Hawlicek (born 14 April 1942) is an Austrian retired politician and former Minister for Education, Arts and Sport.
Early life
Hawlicek was born and grew up in
teaching degree, which she completed in 1965, followed by political science studies at Vienna's Ford-Institut.[1]
Career
Hawlicek later worked as a schoolteacher until she was appointed to the
Minister for Education, Arts and Sport in the second cabinet of Franz Vranitzky.[1]
During her time in office, Hawlicek worked on reducing gender inequality in the education system by opening up all types of schools for girls. She introduced better
antisemitism in Austria, against censorship.[4] She left the ministry after the 1990 election and resumed her parliamentary activities.[1]
When Austria joined the
21 appointed Austrian delegates in the European Parliament. In the following 1996 election, she became an elected member of the European Parliament until 1999.[5]
Awards and honours
- Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria (1980)[6]
- Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (1990)[6]
- Einspieler Prize (2007)[3]
- Grand Order of Merit of South Tyrol (2010)[7]
- Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class (2012)[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Hawlicek, Hilde". austria-forum.at (in German). 9 March 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Sexkoffer rein, Geschlechterrollen raus". Der Standard (in German). 13 April 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Einspielerpreis für Hilde Hawlicek". ktnv1.orf.at (in German). ORF. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ Trenkler, Thomas (13 April 2012). "Als Peymann und Mortier für Revolution sorgten". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Hilde HAWLICEK". europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Anfragebeantwortung" [List of recipients of Austrian medals and decorations (1952–2012)] (PDF) (in German). pp. 581, 683, 2031. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Land vergibt "Großen Verdienstorden" an zehn Freunde Südtirols". stol.it (in German). 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
External links
- Hilde Hawlicek at IMDb
- "Dr. Hilde Hawlicek". parlament.gv.at (in German). Austrian Parliament. Retrieved 25 October 2019.