Germana Fösleitner

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Germana Fösleitner (born July 18, 1941 in Mitterweng , Edlbach municipality , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian farmer and politician of the ÖVP .

She was the seventh of eight children and grew up on a mountain farm in Edlbach near Windischgarsten .

education and profession

After attending elementary and secondary school, Germana Fösleitner attended the agricultural college in Weyregg am Attersee from 1958 to 1959 , then from 1959 to 1963 the Elmberg Higher Federal College, from which she graduated with the Matura . She graduated from pedagogy in Vienna in 1964 with a teaching qualification . From 1964 to 1979 she worked as a technical school teacher and also as a farmer from 1968. In 1998 she became an economics adviser.

Political career

After she had been a member of the Weyer-Land municipality since 1985 , she was also a member of the Upper Austrian Landtag from 1991 to 2000 , local farmer in Weyer from 1972 to 1996, and from 1988 to 1996 chairwoman of the Austrian women's movement Weyer. From 1979 to 1989 she was a member of the supervisory board and deputy chairman of the Milchhof Steyr and a member of the regional committee for social insurance for farmers from 1984 to 1997. She is also the chairwoman of the Upper Austrian Almverein, member of the board of the Steyr-Kirchdorf regional forum, and deputy chairman of the association upper Austrian iron road .

She was a member of the Federal Council from July 6, 2000 to October 22, 2003.

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personal data
SURNAME Fösleitner, Germana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Upper Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, federal councilor
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitterweng , Edlbach municipality , Upper Austria