Monika Vana

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Monika Vana

Monika Vana (born September 14, 1969 in Vienna ) is an Austrian politician ( Greens ). From November 2005 to 2010, Vana was a non-executive councilor in Vienna and a member of the Vienna state government. She has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014 and was re-elected in 2019.

Professional and academic career

From 1983 Monika Vana attended the Commercial Academy I of the Viennese merchants' union and passed her Matura in 1988. Vana then began studying business informatics at the Technical University of Vienna , which she completed in 1992 with the title Mag.rer.soc.oec. completed. Between 1990 and 1994 she was also Vice President of the Student Union TU Vienna and worked as a journalist on European policy priorities. In 1995 she completed the post-graduate “EU curriculum” at the Federal Administration Academy and in 2000 completed her doctorate in social and economic sciences.

After completing her studies, Vana worked between 1992 and 1994 as chairman of the EC information office and published the magazine "EuropaKardioGramm". Between 1994 and 1995, she was the European advisor to the Minister for Women in the Federal Chancellery and a member of the Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities at the European Commission. From 1995 she worked as a European speaker in the Green Parliamentary Club, university lecturer for economic and European policy, was involved in EU research projects and carried out research, lecture and publication activities on European issues.

Political career

Politician in Vienna

Monika Vana was a member of the board of the Wiener Grünen between 1998 and 2001 and Vienna State Spokesperson between 2000 and 2001. In 2001 she was elected to the Vienna State Parliament and City Council, where she was deputy chairwoman of the Green Club. After the state elections in 2005 , she was nominated by the Greens as a non-executive city ​​councilor . She performed this function from November 18, 2005 to November 25, 2010 and was a member of the Vienna provincial government during this time . Between 2002 and 2010, Vana was also the spokesperson for the Green Women in Vienna.

From November 25, 2010 until the end of June 2014, she was a member of the Vienna State Parliament and a member of the City Council of Vienna.

Change to the European Parliament

Monika Vana in the European Parliament (2014)

For the 2014 European elections, her party nominated her for third place on the list behind Ulrike Lunacek and Michel Reimon . The Greens won 14.5 percent, three of the 18 Austrian seats in parliament. Vana then moved into the European Parliament and joined the Greens / EFA group with her colleagues Lunacek and Reimon . In the eighth legislature (2014–2019) she was a member of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Regional Development for her group . She was also an alternate member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality .

Vana ran again for the 2019 European elections . Originally, she wanted to run for second place on the list, but waived in favor of political career changer Sarah Wiener , and ran for third place behind Werner Kogler and Wiener. However, the Greens lost slightly compared to the previous election, they won 2 of the 18 Austrian mandates, Vana was not immediately called in. After the election, however, Werner Kogler announced that he would renounce the mandate and instead lead the Austrian Greens as the top candidate in the early National Council election . For this, Vana moved up, she rejoined the Greens / EFA group. In the ninth legislature (2019-2024), she is a member of the Committee on Regional Development for her group and a deputy member of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality .

Web links

Commons : Monika Vana  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ wien.at: Curriculum Vitae Drin Monika Vana , accessed on July 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ List 5, The Greens - The Green Alternative, GREEN. (pdf) Federal Ministry of the Interior, 2014, accessed on July 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 8th legislative term | Monika VANA | MPs | European Parliament. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Thomas Mayer: Green MEP Monika Vana waives second place on the list - derStandard.at. In: The Standard. March 10, 2019, accessed July 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ List 4, The Greens - Green Alternative, GREEN. (pdf) Federal Ministry of the Interior, 2019, accessed on July 7, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Werner Kogler leads the Greens in the National Council election. In: Kurier.at. June 14, 2019, accessed July 7, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Home | Monika VANA | MPs | European Parliament. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Vana, Monika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (Greens), member of the state parliament, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna