Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Austrian politician, federal minister of environmental protection, youth and families
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Place of Birth: Kapfenberg, Styria, Austria
About Ruth Feldgrill-Zankel
- 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 Hochschule für Welthandel 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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