Leonore Gewessler

Leonore Gewessler
Leonore Gewessler
Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 January 2020
President	Alexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor	Sebastian Kurz; Alexander Schallenberg; Karl Nehammer;
Preceded by	Andreas Reichhardt
Personal details
Born	15 October 1977 (age 46); Graz, Styria, Austria
Political party	The Greens – The Green Alternative
Alma mater	University of Vienna

Leonore Gewessler (German: [lɛoˈnoːʁε ˈgeːvεslɐ]; born 15 September 1977) is an Austrian Green politician serving as Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology in the government of Chancellor Karl Nehammer.^[1]

Early life[edit]

Education[edit]

Gewessler earned a political science degree (BA) from the University of Vienna.

Political career[edit]

From 2014 until 2019, Gewessler served as head of Austria's largest environmental charity and lobbying group Global 2000. In this capacity, she championed a popular campaign against the expansion of the ageing Soviet-era^{[clarification needed]} Mochovce nuclear power plant in neighbouring Slovakia, just 100 km from the Austrian border.^[2]

In the negotiations on a coalition government following the 2019 national elections, Gewessler was a member of the Green Party's delegation.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Leonore Gewessler, BA, Biografie". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Sam Jones (March 2, 2020), Austrian Greens’ ‘super minister’ takes the reins Financial Times.

External links[edit]

Leonore Gewessler on the Austrian Parliament website

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[1] "Leonore Gewessler, BA, Biografie". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2020.

[ft-2] Sam Jones (March 2, 2020), Austrian Greens’ ‘super minister’ takes the reins Financial Times.

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