Katharina Kucharowits | |
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Member of the National Council | |
Assumed office 23 October 2019 | |
Constituency | Lower Austria East |
In office 16 November 2018 –22 October 2019 | |
Preceded by | Christian Kern |
Constituency | Federal List |
In office 29 October 2013 –8 November 2017 | |
Constituency | Federal List |
Personal details | |
Born | Mödling,Austria | 19 September 1983
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Katharina Kucharowits (born 19 September 1983) is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. [1] A member of the Social Democratic Party,she has represented Lower Austria East since October 2019. She was a Federal List member of the National Council from October 2013 to November 2017 and from November 2018 to October 2019.
Kucharowits was born on 19 September 1983 in Mödling. [1] She studied for a political science degree as well as a teaching degree in mathematics and psychology/philosophy at the University of Vienna. [1] She was a parliamentary employee from 2006 to 2012 before taking a leave of absence to study between 2012 and 2013. [1] She worked briefly for the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) in 2013 and for the Government of Lower Austria in 2018. [1]
Kucharowits has held various positions in the Schwechat,Bruck an der Leitha District and Lower Austrian branches of the SPÖand its youth wing Young Generation since 2007. [1] She was a member of the municipal council in Schwechat from April 2010 to August 2012. [1] She was elected to the National Council at the 2013 legislative election. [1] She was not re-elected at the 2017 legislative election but she was appointed to the National Council in November 2018 following the resignation of Christian Kern. [2] [3]
Election | Electoral district | Party | Votes | % | Result | |
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2013 legislative [4] | Greater Vienna | Social Democratic Party | 605 | 1.70% | Not elected | |
2013 legislative [5] | Lower Austria | Social Democratic Party | 84 | 0.03% | Not elected | |
2013 legislative [6] | Federal List | Social Democratic Party | 531 | 0.04% | Elected | |
2017 legislative [7] | Lower Austria | Social Democratic Party | 196 | 0.07% | Not elected | |
2017 legislative [8] | Federal List | Social Democratic Party | 746 | 0.05% | Not elected | |
2019 legislative [9] | Lower Austria East | Social Democratic Party | 2,041 | 7.30% | Elected | |
2019 legislative [10] | Lower Austria | Social Democratic Party | 192 | 0.09% | Not elected |
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