Gabi Burgstaller
Austrian politician, governor of the State of Salzburg
Gabi Burgstaller (born 23 May 1963) is an Austrian politician, and the former governor (Landeshauptfrau) of the federal state of Salzburg.
Life
She was born in Penetzdorf/Niederthalheim near Schwanenstadt in Upper Austria. After matriculation at a high school in Gmunden and one year abroad in England, she studied law at the University of Salzburg. From 1987 until 1989, she worked as an assistant at the Institutes for Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Sociology of Law respectively at the same university. From 1989, Burgstaller worked as a consumer consultant at the Salzburg Chamber of Labour. There, specializing in residential rights and tenancy law, she earned an excellent reputation acting on behalf of 25,000 investors defrauded by the WEB-IMMAG building trust company.
In 1994, she started her political career as a member of the Salzburg federal state government, where she acted as chairperson of the Austrian Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) from the beginning. On 27 April 1999, Burgstaller was elected State Councillor in Salzburg State's government. In the government Burgstaller was responsible for female concerns, construction, trade, consumerism, and transport.
On 31 March 2001, Burgstaller was elected as the first woman to head Salzburg's Social Democratic Party with an approval of 98% of delegates.
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