Friederike Seidl

Friederike Seidl (born January 22, 1936 in Vienna ; † November 14, 1987 there ) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ).

Seidl learned the profession of office clerk and from 1953 worked in the main association of social insurance institutions, where she held a leading position in human resources before being elected city councilor. Seidl was already involved in the Social Democratic Party in her youth and joined the Socialist Youth in 1952. As a result, Seidl was active in the women's organization of the SPÖ and in 1961 was elected chairman of the district women's committee in her home district of Margareten . In 1967 she became a member of the Vienna Women's Committee, in 1982 she was promoted to chairwoman of the Vienna SPÖ women and deputy of the federal women's organization. In 1983 she also became Vice President of the Health Care Institution .

Seidl accepted her first political mandate in 1969. On June 6, 1969, she was sworn in as a member of the Vienna State Parliament and a member of the Vienna City Council, of which she was a member until May 27, 1983. On May 27, 1983, Seidl was elected the official city councilor for personnel, legal affairs and consumer protection in the state government of Gratz IV , she was also a member of the Zilk I government . Seidl's political focus was on women's politics. She worked out a program for the advancement of women for the community service and thus significantly improved the advancement opportunities for women. The Council of Europe described Seidl's program as exemplary.

Seidl died shortly before the end of Zilk I's term of office. After her death, Seidl was buried in the Baumgartner Friedhof (group 21, number 78). The residential complex built between 1989 and 1991 at Viktor-Christ-Gasse 15–17 (Vienna-Margareten) was named after her in Friederike Seidl-Hof.

literature

• Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna Vol. 5 . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997

Web links

• Friederike Seidl. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
• City hall correspondence of May 30, 1994 Housing complex named after Friederike Seidl