Doris Bures

Doris Bures ( born August 3, 1962 in Vienna) is an Austrian politician ( SPÖ) and the Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology in the Cabinet Faymann II

Career

Doris Bures attended a trade school in Vienna and worked first as an assistant in a dental practice. Her political career began in 1980 when she took on the function of the Federal Secretariat of the Socialist Youth. In 1987 she moved into the district parliament of Vienna Liesing, 1990 in the National Council. In Liesing it is 2009 district party leader since March. SPÖ national director, she was from the year 2000 to January 2007 and again from June to November 2008. Member of Parliament she was from November 1990 to January 2007. Bures are long- standing political companion and one of the closest confidants of the former SPÖ federal party chairman Alfred Gusenbauer.

On 11 January 2007 she was interim Federal Minister without portfolio from March to June 2007, the Federal Minister for Women, Media and Civil Service of the Federal Chancellery ( after the German Federal Ministry for Health and Women had been dissolved ). Your shelter at that time the Federal Equal Treatment Commission. In this position, she launched among other things in winter 2007-2008, a poster campaign to publicize the woman 's Domestic Violence Helpline. The subject, a woman and a child with protective helmets and beside it a man, sparked discussions on the one hand from about domestic violence and the other hand on the adequacy of representation on the posters. Political criticism came from the Freedom Party, whose former Equality spokesman Karlheinz Klement in the context in a speech to the National Council of "reform projects " and " gender madness " spoke, and the ÖVP.

Beginning of July 2008 changed Bures by the Federal Ministry of Women, Media and public service as national director in the SPÖ party headquarters.

Since December 2008 she has been on the Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology of the Federal Government under Chancellor Faymann and was re-elected in 2013.

Private

She was romantically involved for 24 years with the media manager Wolfgang Jansky, from which they separated in early 2008 in friendship. They have a grown daughter.

Publications

  • Modern labor law from the perspective of women. In: Just working world, Leykam 2007, page 155-158. ISBN 978-3-7011-0102-3. ANL - signature - 1671902 B.Neu - Per.4
  • "The new option " - A SPÖ election campaign from a standing start in: Election 2008, Molden 2008, page 32 ISBN 978-3-85485-235-3. ANL - signature 1886202 - B New Mag

Awards

  • 2001: Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
  • 2011: Grand Gold Medal with Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria
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