Iris Rauskala | |
|---|---|
| Rauskala speaking in Vienna, 2019 | |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 3 June 2019 –7 January 2020 | |
| Affiliation | Independent |
| Preceded by | Heinz Faßmann |
| Succeeded by | Heinz Faßmann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Iris Eliisa Rauskala 14 March 1978 Helsinki,Finland |
| Education | University of Innsbruck (Dr.) |
Iris Eliisa Rauskala (born 14 March 1978 in Helsinki) is a Finnish-born Austrian civil servant and economist who served as Minister of Education,Science and Research in the Bierlein government. [1]
The daughter of a Finnish scientist father and an Austrian civil servant mother,Rauskala was born in Helsinki,where she lived until the age of five. [2]
She studied international economics at the University of Innsbruck and completed a doctorate in 2006. [3] Rauskala then joined the civil service in the Ministry of Economy and later the science ministry,working under ministers Johannes Hahn,Beatrix Karl and Karlheinz Töchterle . She taught at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences from 2011 until she was appointed to a highly ranked position in the education ministry in 2015. [4] She is deputy chairperson of the Austrian Science Fund board of supervisors. [1]
On 3 June 2019 she was sworn in as Minister for Education,Science and Research in the interim government of Brigitte Bierlein. She was described as popular and "extremely dynamic". [4]
In 2018,she married a woman and published that fact in an interview briefly after her inauguration. According to her,there were never any negative reactions. [5]