Margit Fischer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Margit Fischer

First Lady of Austria

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1943

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Profession: designer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Margit Fischer (née Binder; born 28 June 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden) is the wife of Heinz Fischer, former president of Austria.Her parents, Otto and Anna Binder, were social democrats and Jews and fled to Sweden during the Nazi regime.
Mrs Fischer speaks Swedish fluently.
In 1949, her family returned to Austria.
She attended grammar school in Vienna and began studying arts at the University of Vienna.
In 1968, she married Heinz Fischer, a social democratic politician.
In 2004, her husband was elected Austrian president and she became the first lady of Austria.
The couple have two children: Philip (born 1972) and Lisa (born 1975).