Katharina Kucharowits

Katharina Kucharowits
Kucharowits in April 2014
Member of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 October 2019
ConstituencyLower Austria East
In office
16 November 2018 – 22 October 2019
Preceded byChristian Kern
ConstituencyFederal List
In office
29 October 2013 – 8 November 2017
ConstituencyFederal List
Personal details
Born (1983-09-19) 19 September 1983 (age 41)
Mödling, Austria
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Vienna

Katharina Kucharowits (born 19 September 1983) is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council.[1] A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Lower Austria East since October 2019. She was a Federal List member of the National Council from October 2013 to November 2017 and from November 2018 to October 2019.

Kucharowits was born on 19 September 1983 in Mödling.[1] She studied for a political science degree as well as a teaching degree in mathematics and psychology/philosophy at the University of Vienna.[1] She was a parliamentary employee from 2006 to 2012 before taking a leave of absence to study between 2012 and 2013.[1] She worked briefly for the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) in 2013 and for the Government of Lower Austria in 2018.[1]

Kucharowits has held various positions in the Schwechat, Bruck an der Leitha District and Lower Austrian branches of the SPÖ and its youth wing Young Generation since 2007.[1] She was a member of the municipal council in Schwechat from April 2010 to August 2012.[1] She was elected to the National Council at the 2013 legislative election.[1] She was not re-elected at the 2017 legislative election but she was appointed to the National Council in November 2018 following the resignation of Christian Kern.[2][3]

Electoral history of Katharina Kucharowits
Election Electoral district Party Votes % Result
2013 legislative[4] Greater Vienna Social Democratic Party 605 1.70% Not elected
2013 legislative[5] Lower Austria Social Democratic Party 84 0.03% Not elected
2013 legislative[6] Federal List Social Democratic Party 531 0.04% Elected
2017 legislative[7] Lower Austria Social Democratic Party 196 0.07% Not elected
2017 legislative[8] Federal List Social Democratic Party 746 0.05% Not elected
2019 legislative[9] Lower Austria East Social Democratic Party 2,041 7.30% Elected
2019 legislative[10] Lower Austria Social Democratic Party 192 0.09% Not elected
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Recherchieren: Personen - Katharina Kucharowits" (in German). Vienna, Austria: Austrian Parliament. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  2. ^ "XXVI. Gesetzgebungsperiode: 47. Sitzung des Nationalrates der Republik Österreich - Freitag, 16. November 2018" (PDF). Stenographisches Protokoll (in German). Vol. XXVI, no. 47. Vienna, Austria: National Council. 16 November 2018. p. 25. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Katharina Kucharowits übernimmt Mandat von Christian Kern". Der Standard (in German). Vienna, Austria. Austria Press Agency. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Nationalratswahl 2013: Landeswahlvorschläge - Landesparteilisten - Regionalparteilisten einschließlich erreichter Vorzugsstimmen" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 47. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Nationalratswahl 2013: Landeswahlvorschläge - Landesparteilisten - Regionalparteilisten einschließlich erreichter Vorzugsstimmen" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Nationalratswahl 2013: Bundeswahlvorschläge - Bundesparteilisten einschließlich erreichter Vorzugsstimmen" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Nationalratswahl 2017: Landeswahlvorschläge - Landesparteilisten - Regionalparteilisten einschließlich erreichter Vorzugsstimmen" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Nationalratswahl 2017: Bundeswahlvorschläge - Bundesparteilisten einschließlich erreichter Vorzugsstimmen" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Nationalratswahl 2019: Broschüre Landeswahlvorschläge" (PDF) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Ministry of the Interior. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.