Margit Fischer
Margit Fischer | |
|---|---|
| File:GuentherZ 2012-05-09 0009 Wien11 Zentralfriedhof Gruppe40 Margit Fischer.jpg Fischer in 2012 | |
| First Lady of Austria | |
| In office 9 July 2004 – 8 July 2016 | |
| President | Heinz Fischer |
| Preceded by | Margot Klestil-Löffler |
| Succeeded by | Doris Schmidauer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margit Binder 28 June 1943 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Margit Fischer (née Binder; born 28 June 1943) is an Austrian former fabric designer and First Lady of Austria from 2006 until 2016 as the wife of former president Heinz Fischer.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Fischer was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her parents, Otto and Anna Binder, were social democrats and Jews who fled to Sweden during the Nazi regime. Mrs Fischer speaks Swedish fluently. In 1949, her family returned to Austria. She attended grammar school in Vienna and began studying arts at the University of Vienna. In 1968, she married Heinz Fischer, a social democratic politician. In 2004, her husband was elected Austrian president and she became the First Lady of Austria. The couple have two children: Philip (born 1972) and Lisa (born 1975).[2]
Functions in Austria
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- Former Vice-President of Rettet das Kind Österreich (Save the Children Austria) (1992-1998)
- Former President of Verein zur Gründung und zum Betrieb einer Erlebnisausstellung zu den Naturwissenschaften (Association for the creation and operation of an interactive exhibition about the natural sciences) (1993-2000)
- Chairperson of Österreichischer Frauenrat (Austrian Women's Council) (since 1995)
- Chairperson of Science Center Netzwerk (Science Center Network Society) (since 2005)
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 2006 - File:Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg SMOM — Grand Cross of Merit Order pro merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta[3]
- 2007 - File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[4]
- 2007 - File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden — Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star[citation needed]
- 2009 - File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal — Grand Cross of the Order of Saint James of the Sword[5]
- 2013 - File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg — Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau[citation needed]
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References
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