Prammer, Barbara

Prammer, Barbara, b. Ottnang am Hausruck (Upper Austria), Jan. 11, 1954, sociologist, politician with the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). 1986-1989 worked at the vocational training and rehabilitation centre in Linz, 1989-1991 at the Labour Market Service for Upper Austria. From 1991-1995 member and second president of the Upper Austrian Landtag, 1995-1997 Upper Austrian Secretary of Housing, Environmental Protection and Police Administration; 1997-2000 appointed Minister of Women's Affairs and Consumer Protection, since 1997 Federal Chairwoman of the Women's Section of the SPÖ, since 1999 member of the Nationalrat.