Sophie Karmasin

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Sophie Karmasin (born 5 January 1967) is an opinion researcher who was Minister for Families and Youth of Austria for four years.

Karmasin was born in Vienna. Her parents were Helene and Fritz Karmasin  [ de ], the latter was a son of Franz Karmasin; Matthias Karmasin  [ de ] is her brother. [1] She studied business administration and later psychology at the University of Salzburg. [2] She led the family-owned Karasim Motivforschung, a market research company founded by her parents, until entering politics. [3] Karmasin is married with two children. [2]

She was appointed to the second Faymann government in December 2013. [4] She was nominated for the office by the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), but does not have a party membership. [2] She worked on increasing family benefits and improving day care capacity but was criticised for her lack of experience in politics. [3] [5]

Karmasin left politics after the 2017 Austrian legislative election. [6] In 2018 she founded a consulting firm. [5] Since 2019 she presents an opinion poll segment on television channel Puls 24  [ de ]. [7]

In 2021, Karmasin was one of ten people accused of bribery and embezzlement in the Kurz corruption probe. [8] Investigators allege that she acted as an intermediary between the ÖVP and the founders of Österreich, a newspaper that published manipulated opinion polls. [9] Sabine Beinschab  [ de ], a former assistant of Karmasin, was arrested on 12 October. [10] Karmasin herself was arrested on the 3rd of March due to critical risk of committing a crime and collusion. [11]

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  2. 1 2 3 North, Marie (10 January 2014). "Von der Beobachterin zur Familienministerin". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 Kogelnik, Lisa (7 August 2016). "Sophie Karmasin: Ministerin mit Vorliebe für Symbolik". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Töchterle muss gehen, Karmasin wird Ministerin". Die Presse (in German). 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. 1 2 Salomon, Martina (3 August 2018). "Passt Ihre "Identität"? Ex-Politikerin berät Firmen". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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