| Maria Rauch-Kallat | |
| Office: | President of Austrian Paralympic Committee |
| Term Start: | 2009 |
| Office2: | Federal Minister for Health and Women |
| Term Start2: | March 2003 |
| Term End2: | January 2007 |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1949[1] |
| Birth Place: | Währing, Vienna |
| Spouse: | Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly |
| Children: | 2 daughters (born 1970 and 1973) |
| Party: | Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Vienna |
Maria Rauch-Kallat is a former Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) politician who served as Minister of Health and Women from 2003 to 2007 in the Austrian government. She is currently a management consultant.[1] [2]
She entered politics in 1983 as a member of the Austrian Senate until 1987, when she became a member of the City Council of Vienna.[1]
In 1992 – 1994 she served as Federal Minister for Environment, Youth, and Family under Chancellor Franz Vranitzky's third cabinet (or Vranitzky Cabinet III), succeeding Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel.[3] She also became Deputy President of the ÖVP-Vienna, a position she held until 2000, and served as Secretary General of the ÖVP-Austria from 1995 until 2003. Under Vranitzky Cabinet IV, which began on November 29, 1994, she served as the Federal Minister for Environment until 1995.
She served as a member of the Austrian Parliament for three stints—from 1995 until 1999, from 2001 until 2003, and from 2006 until 2008.[1] She served as Federal Minister for Health and Women from 2003 until January 2007 under Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel.[1] [3]
Rauch-Kallat has been the President of the Austrian Paralympic Committee (NPC) since 2009 after serving as NPC Vice President.[4]