Brigitte Bierlein

Brigitte Bierlein (25 June 1949 – 3 June 2024) was an Austrian jurist. Bierlein was the Chancellor of Austria from 3 June 2019 to 7 January 2020. She was the advocate general of the Procurator's Office from 1990 to 2002, and a member of the executive board of the International Association of Prosecutors from 2001 to 2003. 

In 2003, Bierlein was made a member of the Austrian Constitutional Court. Since January 2018, she has been its president, the first woman to hold this position.

She was made temporary Chancellor until the next national elections in September 2019 and is the first woman in this role in Austria.

Bierlein was born on 25 June 1949 in Vienna.

Bierlein died on 3 June 2024 in Vienna from a short-illness at the age of 74.

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