Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel
Austrian politician, federal minister of environmental protection, youth and families
About Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel
Born 1942. Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel is an Austrian politician.
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 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.
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Austrian politician, federal minister of environmental protection, youth and families
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Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel was born on 15 September 1942 in Kapfenberg.
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