Iris Eliisa Rauskala (born 14 March 1978 in Helsinki) is a Finnish-born Austrian civil servant and economist who served as Minister of Education, Science and Research in the Bierlein government.[1]
Iris Rauskala | |
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![]() Rauskala speaking in Vienna, 2019 | |
Minister of Education | |
In office 3 June 2019 – 7 January 2020 | |
Affiliation | Independent |
Preceded by | Heinz Faßmann |
Succeeded by | Heinz Faßmann |
Personal details | |
Born | Iris Eliisa Rauskala 14 March 1978 Helsinki, Finland |
Education | University of Innsbruck (Dr.) |
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Life and career
editThe daughter of a Finnish scientist father and an Austrian civil servant mother, Rauskala was born in Helsinki, where she lived until the age of five.[2]
She studied international economics at the University of Innsbruck and completed a doctorate in 2006.[3] Rauskala then joined the civil service in the Ministry of Economy and later the science ministry, working under ministers Johannes Hahn, Beatrix Karl and Karlheinz Töchterle . She taught at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences from 2011 until she was appointed to a highly ranked position in the education ministry in 2015.[4] She is deputy chairperson of the Austrian Science Fund board of supervisors.[1]
On 3 June 2019 she was sworn in as Minister for Education, Science and Research in the interim government of Brigitte Bierlein. She was described as popular and "extremely dynamic".[4]
In 2018, she married a woman and published that fact in an interview briefly after her inauguration. According to her, there were never any negative reactions.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Rauskala, Iris Eliisa". austria-forum.org (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Neuhauser, Julia (4 June 2019). "Bildungsministerin Rauskala: Ein Hauch Finnland für Österreichs Schulen". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Meet Austria's Minister of Education Iris Eliisa Rauskala". vindobona.org. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ a b Nimmervoll, Lisa (31 May 2019). "Präsidialsektionschefin Iris Rauskala soll Bildungsministerin werden". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Nimmervoll, Lisa (14 June 2019). "Bildungsministerin Rauskala: "Beamte sind keine gut abgesicherten Nichtstuer"". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
External links
edit- "Mag. Dr. Iris Rauskala". parlament.gv.at. Austrian Parliament.