Brigitte Zarfl

{{short description|Austrian civil servant (born 1962)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection

| chancellor = Brigitte Bierlein

| termstart = 3 June 2019

| image = 2019 Brigitte Zarfl (48000407036) (cropped).jpg

| alt = Brigitte Zarfl in 2019

| caption = Brigitte Zarfl in 2019

| party =

| predecessor = Walter Pöltner

| successor = Rudolf Anschober

| birth_place = Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria, Austria

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|08|11|df=y}}

| termend = 7 January 2020

| website =

}}

Brigitte Zarfl (born 11 August 1962) is an Austrian civil servant. She served as Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection in the Bierlein government.{{cite web|url=https://www.tt.com/politik/innenpolitik/15713088/kabinett-bierlein-die-ministerinnen-und-minister-im-portraet|title=Kabinett Bierlein: Die Ministerinnen und Minister im Porträt|work=Tiroler Tageszeitung|date=3 June 2019|language=de|access-date=30 October 2019}}

Zarfl was born in Krems an der Donau in 1962. She studied nutritional science and food technology at the University of Vienna, completing a doctorate in 1996. She joined the social affairs ministry in 1997 under Eleonora Hostasch. She briefly became a delegate to the European Union in 2004 before returning to a role in the ministry in 2006, where she held various leadership roles until her appointment to Brigitte Bierlein's interim cabinet.{{cite web|url=https://www.news.at/a/brigitte-zarfl|title=Wer ist Brigitte Zarfl?|website=news.at|date=13 June 2019|language=de|access-date=30 October 2019}}