Office: | Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection |
Chancellor: | Brigitte Bierlein |
Termstart: | 3 June 2019 |
Predecessor: | Walter Pöltner |
Successor: | Rudolf Anschober |
Birth Place: | Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria, Austria |
Birth Date: | 11 August 1962 |
Termend: | 7 January 2020 |
Brigitte Zarfl (born 11 August 1962) is an Austrian civil servant. She served as Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection in the Bierlein government.[1]
Zarfl was born in Krems an der Donau in 1962. She studied nutritional science and food technology at the University of Vienna, completing a doctorate in 1996. She joined the social affairs ministry in 1997 under Eleonora Hostasch. She briefly became a delegate to the European Union in 2004 before returning to a role in the ministry in 2006, where she held various leadership roles until her appointment to Brigitte Bierlein's interim cabinet.[2]