Doris Schmidauer

Doris Schmidauer (born 21 September 1963) is an Austrian environmentalist and party official for the Green Party. Schmidauer has served as the First Lady of Austria since January 2017 as the wife of Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen.

Biography Doris Schmidauer was born in Grieskirchen, Upper Austria, on 21 September 1963, to Doris and Ernst Schmidauer. Schmidauer was raised in Peuerbach, a small town in Grieskirchen District. She left her position as manager of the Greens Parliamentary Club in January 2018 to focus on the duties of the first lady. In a speech on International Women's Day 2019, Schmidauer criticized the lack of women on the boards of directors of domestic Austrian companies. She noted that, out 186 total board members, only nine were women.

Honours Foreign honours 1st Class of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (21 May 2021) Grand Cross, 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (21 October 2025) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (27 June 2019) Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (27 June 2022) Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (18 June 2019) Grand Gwanghwa Medal of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (14 June 2021)