Johanna Dohnal (14 February 1939 - 20 February 2010) was an Austrian politician and the first Austrian Minister for Women. [1] [2]
Johanna Dohnal (14 February 1939 - 20 February 2010) was an Austrian politician and the first Austrian Minister for Women. [1] [2]
Dohnal was born in Vienna on 14 February 1939 to a single mother. [2]
On 22 January 2010 she entered into a civil partnership with her long-standing partner Annemarie Aufreiter. [3]
She died on 20 February 2010, at her home in Grabern, Lower Austria and is commemorated in a grave of honor (German : Ehrengrab) in Vienna Central Cemetery.
Johanna Dohnal Platz in Vienna 6 was named in her honour in 2012. [4]
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