Michaela Schmidt | |
|---|---|
 Schmidt in 2025 | |
| Assumed office 3 March 2025 | |
| State Secretary in the Ministry for Housing,Arts,Culture,Media and Sport | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1983 |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Michaela Schmidt (born 15 October 1983) is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as State Secretary in the Ministry for Housing,Arts,Culture,Media and Sport in the Stocker government. [1]
Michaela Schmidt was born in Salzburg to Gerhard Schmidt,director of the Chamber of Labour [2] [3] . She studied at the Christian-Doppler-Gymnasium and graduated in 2002. She studied Business Informatics and Economics at the University of Linz from 2002 to 2008,completing both studies with a Master's degree. [4]
From 2007 to 2014,she worked at the Chamber of Labour of Upper Austria,before moving to the Chamber of Labour of Salzburg,where she took over as the head of the Economic Department in 2019. [5]
In the 2017 National Council election,Schmidt ran as the SPÖ’s lead candidate in the Salzburg City electoral district,and she was listed third on the state electoral list for Salzburg. In February 2022,she assumed the chairmanship of the state education committee of SPÖEducation. [2]
On September 20,2023,she was sworn in as a member of the Austrian National Council,replacing Cornelia Ecker. In the SPÖparliamentary group,she became the spokesperson for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In October 2023,she was appointed to the SPÖFederal Party Presidium. [6]
For the 2024 National Council election,she was placed eighth on the SPÖfederal list and third on the SPÖSalzburg state list [7] . Following the election,in November 2024,she became a member of the SPÖ’s negotiation team in the Economy and Infrastructure group for the formation of a new government. [8] In April 2025,she was sworn in as State Secretary in the Ministry for Housing,Arts,Culture,Media and Sport,assisting longtime ally Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler. [9]
Schmidt is married and a mother of two children. [10]