Leonore Gewessler

Leonore Gewessler (born 15 September 1977) is an Austrian Green politician who has served as Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz since January 2020.[1]

Leonore Gewessler
Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Assumed office
7 January 2020
ChancellorSebastian Kurz
Preceded byAndreas Reichhardt
Personal details
Born (1977-10-15) 15 October 1977
Graz, Styria, Austria
Political partyThe Greens – The Green Alternative
Alma materUniversity of Vienna

Early life

Education

Gewessler studied political science at the University of Vienna and graduated with a BA degree.

Political career

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 Mochovce nuclear power plant in neighbouring Slovakia, just 100km 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
  1. "Leonore Gewessler, BA, Biografie". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  2. Sam Jones (March 2, 2020), Austrian Greens’ ‘super minister’ takes the reins Financial Times.


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