Birgit Hebein

Birgit Hebein
Hebein in 2020
Deputy Mayor of Vienna
In office
26 June 2019 – 24 November 2020
Preceded byMaria Vassilakou
Succeeded byChristoph Wiederkehr
Leader of The Greens in Vienna
In office
22 June 2019 – 18 January 2021
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPeter Kristofel (interim)
City Councillor for Urban Development, Transport, Climate Protection, Energy Planning, and Citizen Participation
In office
26 June 2019 – 24 November 2020
Preceded byMaria Vassilakou
Succeeded byKathrin Gaál (Housing, Urban Renewal, and Women)
Jürgen Czernohorszky (Climate, the Environment, and Citizen Participation)
Member of the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna
In office
10 October 2010 – 22 June 2019
Personal details
Born
Birgit Hebein

(1967-01-13) 13 January 1967 (age 57)
Villach, Carinthia
Political partyThe Greens – The Green Alternative (until 2021)
Children2

Birgit Hebein (born 13 January 1967) is a former Austrian politician of The Greens. She served as Deputy Mayor of Vienna and City Councillor for Urban Development, Transport, Climate Protection, Energy Planning, and Citizen Participation from 2019 to 2020.[1] At the same time, she was chairwoman of the Vienna Greens.[2][3] Prior, who served as a member of the Gemeinderat and Landtag of Vienna from 2010 to 2019.[4] She resigned as party leader in January 2021,[5] and later resigned her party membership in August, citing the policies of the ÖVP–Green federal government.[6]

  1. ^ "Hebein elected city councillor". ORF. 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Greens: Hebein now also party leader". ORF. 22 June 2019.
  3. ^ "New city government is sworn in". ORF. 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Birgit Hebein: From Carinthia to Vienna with left-wing commitment". Der Standard. 4 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Birgit Hebein resigns Green Party chairmanship". heute (in German). 18 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Ex-Vienna Greens leader Hebein resigns from the party". puls24.at (in German). 22 August 2021.