Monika Forstinger

Monika Forstinger (born July 15, 1963 in Schwanenstadt ) is an Austrian entrepreneur and former politician ( FPÖ ). She was Minister of Infrastructure from 2000 to 2002 .

Life

Monika Forstinger first attended elementary and secondary school in Laakirchen , then the college for business professions in Bad Ischl . From 1982 to 1988 she studied landscape architecture at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), 1997 doctorate her Doctor of Agricultural Sciences.

From 1988 to 1990 she was a contract assistant at the Institute for Water Management at BOKU Vienna, after which she worked for the Upper Austrian provincial government in the agricultural district authority of Gmunden . In September 1991 she began working at the Laakirchen paper mill, which was then part of SCA, in the areas of environmental protection and PR, and as an authorized signatory .

From 1993 to 2000 she was a board member of the cleanliness association for the greater Laakirchen area and managing director of the Entsorgungs- und Energieverwertungs GesmbH in Steyrermühl .

In 1997, Forstinger began working as a member of the Upper Austrian Landtag , and in 2000 she succeeded Michael Schmid as Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology (Minister of Infrastructure). She resigned from this office on February 19, 2002. Her successor in office was Mathias Reichhold .

After leaving politics, she has been running a consulting company in Roitham am Traunfall since 2003 .

In February 2018, the Austrian Transport Minister Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) announced that Forstinger had been appointed to the Supervisory Board of ÖBB-Holding AG , which was newly constituted at the end of February 2018 and to which she was a member until May 2020. Since 2018 she has also been a member of the University Council of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna .

Web links

Monika Forstinger on the website of the Austrian Parliament
Biography of Monika Forstinger on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Monika Forstinger .proquest forstinger engineering + consulting
CV Monika Forstinger .proquest forstinger engineering + consulting

Individual evidence

↑ Resignation after 15 months. Der Standard , February 18, 2002, accessed February 9, 2018 .
↑ ÖBB Supervisory Board is colored green, red and black. In: DerStandard.at . May 27, 2020, accessed May 28, 2020 .
↑ Transport Minister Hofer wants to continue on the good path with the Austrian Federal Railways with "experts and friends of the ÖBB". BMVIT , February 8, 2018, accessed on February 9, 2018 .
↑ orf.at: ÖBB supervisory board newly constituted . Article dated February 28, 2018, accessed February 28, 2018.
↑ orf.at: University councils: FPÖ sends ex-government member, ÖVP Dichand . Article dated February 20, 2018, accessed March 1, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Forstinger, Monika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician (FPÖ), member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH	July 15, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwanenstadt

[1] Resignation after 15 months. Der Standard , February 18, 2002, accessed February 9, 2018 .

[2] ÖBB Supervisory Board is colored green, red and black. In: DerStandard.at . May 27, 2020, accessed May 28, 2020 .

[3] Transport Minister Hofer wants to continue on the good path with the Austrian Federal Railways with "experts and friends of the ÖBB". BMVIT , February 8, 2018, accessed on February 9, 2018 .

[4] orf.at: ÖBB supervisory board newly constituted . Article dated February 28, 2018, accessed February 28, 2018.

[5] orf.at: University councils: FPÖ sends ex-government member, ÖVP Dichand . Article dated February 20, 2018, accessed March 1, 2018.