Doris Bures

Doris Bures
President of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 September 2014
Preceded by Barbara Prammer
Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology
In office
2 December 2008 – 1 September 2014
Chancellor Werner Faymann
Preceded by Werner Faymann
Succeeded by Alois Stöger
Personal details
Born 3 August 1962
Vienna, Austria
Political party Social Democratic Party

Doris Bures (born August 3, 1962) is an Austrian politician. Since September 2014 she has been president of the National Council of Austria. Bures is a member of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ), has served as Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology and as Minister for Women, Media and Public Service and was a member of the National Council.

Bures attended elementary school and a commercial school. She became a federal secretary of the Socialist Youth in 1980 and worked in a project with unemployed young people between 1985 and 1986. Between 1988 and 1994 Bures was employed as secretary in a local social democratic organisation in Vienna and became general secretary of the Austrian tenant association in 1995. Afterwards Bures was Bundesgeschäftsführerin (executive director) of the SPÖ between 2000 and 2007 and also 2008.

Bures started her political career as a district councillor in Wien-Liesing between 1987 and 1990. She has been deputy to the party leader in the district of Liesing since 1995 and was chairwoman of the SPÖ-women in Liesing between 2000 and 2006. Bures was a member of the National Council of Austria between November 5, 1990 and January 15, 2007 and between July 3, 2008 and December 2, 2008. She served as a minister without portfolio in the Gusenbauer cabinet between January 11, 2007 and February 28, 2007 and was Minister for Women, Media and Public Service. Since December 2, 2008 Bures has served as Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology. In September 2014 she was elected President of the National Council.

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