Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel
Austrian politician, federal minister of environmental protection, youth and families
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| Intro | Austrian politician, federal minister of environmental protection, youth and families | |||
| Places | Austria | |||
| is | Politician Minister | |||
| Work field | Religion Politics | |||
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| Birth | 15 September 1942, Kapfenberg, Austria | |||
| Age | 82 years | |||
| Star sign | Virgo | |||
| Politics: | Austrian People's Party | |||
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Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel (born 15 September 1942) is an Austrian politician and former Federal Minister of the Environment, Youth and Family.
Feldgrill-Zankel was born in Kapfenberg, Styria, in 1942. She briefly studied abroad at North Phoenix High School in Arizona. She obtained a diploma in commercial studies at Vienna's Hochschule für Welthandel in 1965. She later worked as a journalist and became involved in politics.
From 1987 she was a member of the city council of Graz for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). She was part of the cabinet of Chancellor Franz Vranitzky from 5 March 1991 until 25 November 1992. Following that post, she was deputy mayor of Graz until 1998.