Andrea Mayer

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Andrea Mayer (2020)

Andrea Mayer (born April 19, 1962 in Amstetten ), during her marriage to Andrea Ecker , is an Austrian politician and former cabinet director of the presidential chancellery . Since May 20, 2020, she has been State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Art, Culture, Public Service and Sport in Cabinet Kurz II , nominated by the Greens . There she works as Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler and is responsible for the arts and culture departments.

Career

Andrea Mayer studied German and history as well as law at the University of Vienna and graduated with the academic degree Magistra . She then worked in the private sector for a few years. In 1993 she became a member of the staff of Education and Culture Minister Rudolf Scholten . She later moved to the Ministry of Science, where she was responsible for innovation and research. In 2007, Minister of Culture Claudia Schmied appointed her as head of the art section. In 2015, following an advertisement, she prevailed against 17 applicants for the management of the now merged Art and Culture Section and was appointed to this position by Chancellery Minister Josef Ostermayer . She took on control functions in various supervisory bodies of large cultural institutions, such as the Salzburg Festival , and in 2016 was interim head of the Belvedere Board of Trustees.

In February 2017, she was appointed - as the first woman in this position - by Alexander Van der Bellen as head of cabinet in the presidential office. Companions describe their temperament “as ambitious, more pragmatic than creative and characterized by perseverance. Nobody wants to deny her willingness to grow with big tasks. ”After all, she always did her work properly and to the satisfaction of her superiors.

In May 2020, several Austrian media saw her as the favorite to succeed Ulrike Lunacek in the State Secretariat for Art and Culture. She was also described by a number of people from the Austrian cultural scene as competent and suitable for the task, including Klaus Albrecht Schröder (Albertina) and Herbert Föttinger (Theater in der Josefstadt) - “excellently qualified” and “culturally affine”. She also received advance praise from Sabine Haag ( Kunsthistorisches Museum ), Helga Rabl-Stadler (Salzburg Festival), Johanna Rachinger ( Austrian National Library ), Marie Rötzer ( Lower Austria State Theater ), from the Volksoper Vienna and the Bregenz Festival and from Gerhard Ruiss ( IG authors Authors ). Ruiss: “I know her to be very energetic, but in a pleasant way, and very committed to the cause. We need it now, we need it now very urgently! "

She was appointed State Secretary by the Federal Executive of the Greens on May 18, 2020 and sworn in by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen on May 20, 2020. In the time in picture 2 of the same day, she announced that she had suspended her SPÖ membership. She does not intend to become a member of the Greens .

Andrea Mayer is the mother of twins.

Web links

Commons : Andrea Mayer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Weiss, Olga Kronsteiner: Top civil servant Andrea Mayer becomes State Secretary for Culture of the Greens. In: derStandard.at. May 18, 2020, accessed May 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ "Secretary of State for Culture presented. Mayer promises unbureaucratic help " in orf.at (accessed on May 19, 2020)
  3. ↑ Olga Kronsteiner: Andrea Ecker: Ambitious civil servant for the president. In: derStandard.at. February 28, 2017, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Kulturjournal, Ö1 : What does Andrea Mayer stand for? , May 19, 2020
  5. ↑ Lunacek successor: High culture official traded as a favorite. In: kleinezeitung.at . May 15, 2020, accessed May 19, 2020 . Lunacek departure: Succession open, call for new concepts. In: orf.at . May 15, 2020, accessed May 19, 2020 . Olga Kronsteiner: Who will it be? Thin staff cover for Lunacek's successor. In: derStandard.at. May 15, 2020, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  6. ↑ ORF (Vienna): Mayer wants to clarify the framework for a new start in culture , May 20, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Mayer, Andrea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ecker, Andrea; Mayer-Ecker, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant, cabinet director of the Federal President, state secretary
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Amstetten