The Greens –The Green Alternative is a green political party in Austria. The Greens are in a coalition with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) in the Nehammer government. Before they were part of the Schallenberg government and the Second Kurz government. The current President of Austria,Alexander Van der Bellen,is from the Green Party.
Michaela Kirchgasser is a retired Austrian alpine ski racer. She raced in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom,and also the combined.
Yvonne Snir-Bönisch is a German judo coach and former judoka. She retired in 2008.
The Social Democratic Party of Austria is a social democratic political party in Austria. Founded in 1889 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria and later known as the Socialist Party of Austria from 1945 until 1991,the party is the oldest extant political party in Austria. Along with the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP),it is one of the country's two traditional major parties. It is positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum.
Elisabeth Schärtel was a German operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto. A member of the Cologne Opera from 1959 to 1967,she performed leading parts at major European opera houses and regularly at the Bayreuth Festival.
Yvonne Magwas is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). A member of the German Bundestag since 2013,she has been its Vice President as of October 2021.
Andreas Schieder is an Austrian politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Andrea Fraunschiel was an Austrian politician who was a member of the Federal Council of Austria,member of the Landtag of Burgenland,and mayor of Eisenstadt.
Karl Nehammer is an Austrian politician who has been the 29th chancellor of Austria since 2021. A member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP),he previously was Minister of the Interior from 2020 to 2021,general secretary of the ÖVP from 2018 to 2020,as well as a member of the National Council from 2017 to 2020. Nehammer assumed the chancellorship as the successor of Alexander Schallenberg,who resigned to return as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Michaela Marion Noll is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2002 until 2021.
Michaela Steiger is a German actress for theatre,film and television. Steiger was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and completed her acting training in New York with Susan Batson and Herbert Berghof. Her first permanent engagement was in Theater Basel where she worked under the direction of Frank Baumbauer with the directors Jossi Wieler,Andreas Kriegenburg,Frank Castorf and Barbara Frey. Then she moved to the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus from 1993 to 1996. She became a member of the ensemble of the Schaubühne in Berlin under director Thomas Ostermeier. Steiger had numerous guest engagements at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus,Schauspiel Frankfurt,Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin,Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Munich Kammerspiele. From 2011 to 2016 she was a member of the ensemble at the Residenztheater in Munich,where she worked with directors Martin Kušej,Katrine Wiedemann,Daniela Löffner and Bernhard Mikeska,among others. She has been associated with the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus since the 2016/17 season. She is also involved in various film and television productions.
Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler is an Austrian politician. She is a member of the Federal Council of Austria and has served as President of the Federal Council since 2020. She was the vice president of that house from January to June 2020. Previously,she served as a member of the National Council from 2006 to 2008. She is a member of the Austrian People's Party. In 2019,she became the first woman to chair the parliamentary group of the People's Party.
Michaela Polleres is an Austrian judoka. In 2021,she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,Japan. She won bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris,France. Polleres is also a bronze medalist at the 2021 and 2023 World Championships and the 2018 European Championships. She is a third degree black belt.
Lubjana Piovesana is a British and Austrian judoka.
Volt Austria is a social liberal political party in Austria and the Austrian chapter of Volt Europa a progressive and Eurofederalist pan-European political party and movement.
Katharina Tanzer is an Austrian judoka and Austrian state champion –48 kg.
Cornelia Ecker is an Austrian politician and former member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party,she represented Salzburg from October 2013 to September 2023. She has been mayor of Bürmoos since June 2023.
Andrea Kuntzl is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party,she has represented Vienna since December 2002. She was a Federal List member of the National Council from October 1999 to December 2002.
