Maria Patek

Maria Patek (2019)

Maria Patek (born July 13, 1958 in Michaelerberg ) is a top Austrian civil servant. From June 3, 2019 to January 7, 2020 she was Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism .

Life

Patek was born as a child of the Mösenbacher farming family, who lived in Moosheim in Michaelerberg-Pruggern ( Gröbming branch ). In 1982 she completed her studies in forestry and wood management at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna ( Dipl.-Ing. ). In 2008, she completed an MBA in Public Management at the University of Salzburg .

She began her professional career in 1983 in what was then the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry , in 1994 she took over the regional construction management of Wiener Neustadt for torrent and avalanche control , from 2002 she headed the torrent and avalanche control department nationwide. At the end of 2016, she appointed Andrä Rupprechter as head of the water management section. In mid-2018, Minister Elisabeth Köstinger entrusted her with the management of the Forestry and Sustainability Section.

Maria Patek at the inauguration with Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen (2019)

On June 3, 2019, she was appointed Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism in the Bierlein Federal Government . After swearing in by the Federal Government Kurz II in January 2020, she returned to the Forestry and Sustainability Section.

Maria Patek lives in Wiener Neustadt , where she has been Chair of the Environmental Advisory Council since July 2017.

Awards

2015: Great Silver Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria

Web links

Commons : Maria Patek - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Federal Minister Maria Patek ( Memento from October 31, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) on the BMNT website
Maria Patek on the website of the Austrian Parliament
Maria Patek on meineabektiven.at

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Holzkurier from July 8, 2008: Maria Patek - 50 years ; accessed on June 2, 2019
↑ ^a ^b Dipl.-Ing. Maria Patek, MBA, biography. Parliament, accessed July 17, 2019 .
^ The home community of Environment Minister Maria Patek declares a climate emergency. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
^ Minister with Styrian roots. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
↑ A woman from Ennstal is Minister of Agriculture. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
↑ Maria Mösenbacher: The contribution of the branch of production forestry to income of farms in the high Alps. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
↑ Bauernzeitung: The agricultural department remains in female hands with Maria Patek . Article dated June 2, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019.
↑ Transitional period for the transition ministers: Who will be what? In: DerStandard.at . January 8, 2020, accessed January 9, 2020 .
^ Minister from Wiener Neustadt . Article dated June 2, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Patek, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian civil servant and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Michaelerberg-Pruggern , Styria

[holzkurier-1] Holzkurier from July 8, 2008: Maria Patek - 50 years ; accessed on June 2, 2019

[parlament-at-2] Dipl.-Ing. Maria Patek, MBA, biography. Parliament, accessed July 17, 2019 .

[3] The home community of Environment Minister Maria Patek declares a climate emergency. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .

[4] Minister with Styrian roots. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .

[5] A woman from Ennstal is Minister of Agriculture. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .

[6] Maria Mösenbacher: The contribution of the branch of production forestry to income of farms in the high Alps. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .

[bauernzeitung2019-7] Bauernzeitung: The agricultural department remains in female hands with Maria Patek . Article dated June 2, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019.

[derstandard2000113061687-8] Transitional period for the transition ministers: Who will be what? In: DerStandard.at . January 8, 2020, accessed January 9, 2020 .

[9] Minister from Wiener Neustadt . Article dated June 2, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019.