page_title: Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek / Political career
caption_attribution_description: Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek Deutsch: Die österreichische Politikerin Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek (SPÖ) wenige Minuten nach der Angelobung als Bundesministerin im Bundeskanzleramt (Ballhausplatz, Wien). English: Austrian politician Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek (SPÖ) minutes after being sworn-in as Federal Minister at the Federal Chancellery of Austria (Ballhausplatz, Vienna).
context_page_description: Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek is an Austrian politician. She served as minister without portfolio between 2 December 2008 and 16 December 2013. In addition, she was the federal minister for women and civil service within the Federal Chancellery between 18 December 2008 and 18 May 2016.
context_section_description: Heinisch-Hosek began her political career in 1990 as a member of the Guntramsdorf municipal council. In 1995, she became executive municipal councillor in Guntramsdorf. Her tenure lasted until 2008. She was a member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Party for the districts of Mödling and Greater Vienna from 1999 to 2008. She served as spokesperson for women’s affairs in parliament and chair of the parliamentary commission for the equal treatment of women from 2004 to April 2008.
  She was appointed federal minister for women and civil service to the cabinet led by Werner Faymann on 2 December 2008, replacing Heidrun Silhavy in the post. She represents the Social Democrat Party in the coalition government formed by the Social Democrat Party and the People's Party. She has been dealing with gender equality problems in Austria. She has been also the chair of the women’s organisation of the Social Democratic Party since December 2009.
caption: Minister Heinisch-Hosek, 2008
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