Elisabeth Gehrer

Elisabeth Gehrer
Gehrer in 2006
Minister for Education
In office
4 May 1995 – 11 January 2007
ChancellorFranz Vranitzky
Viktor Klima
Wolfgang Schüssel
Preceded byErhard Busek
Succeeded byClaudia Schmied
Personal details
Born (1942-05-11) 11 May 1942 (age 82)
Vienna, Austria
Political partyAustrian People's Party
Children3

Elisabeth Gehrer (née Pokorny, born 11 May 1942) is an Austrian politician for the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). From May 1995 until January 2007, Gehrer was Federal Minister for Education, Science and Culture, at first in grand coalition governments headed by Franz Vranitzky and Viktor Klima (both SPÖ), and from 2000 onwards in Wolfgang Schüssel's coalition government. From 1999 to 2007, she also served as vice party chairperson of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP).