Sabine Oberhauser | |
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 Oberhauser in April 2014 | |
| Born | August 30, 1963 Vienna |
| Died | February 23, 2017 (aged 53) |
| Nationality (legal) | Austrian |
| Occupation(s) | Physician and politician |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Minister for Health and Minister for Women |
Sabine Oberhauser (30 August 1963 – 23 February 2017) was an Austrian physician and politician. [1] At the time of her death, she was Austria's Minister for Health and Minister for Women. [2]
Oberhauser was born in Vienna. [1] In 2014, she became a minister in the Social Democrat-Christian Conservative coalition government of then-Chancellor Werner Faymann. She continued as Minister for Health when Christian Kern took over the coalition two years later. [2] The same year, she became the Minister for Women. She made her diagnosis of abdominal cancer public in 2015. [2]
Oberhauser was married and had two daughters. [1]
Oberhauser entered hospital in February 2017 for treatment of a ventricular fuse, and announced on 15 February that Alois Stöger would stand in for her during her illness. [2] However, her condition soon deteriorated and she died a week later, on 23 February 2017. She was 53. [1] She was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering; her ashes are buried in Hietzing Cemetery in Vienna.
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