Eva-Maria Holzleitner
{{short description|Austrian politician (born 1993)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Eva-Maria Holzleitner
| image = Eva-Maria Holzleitner.jpg
| caption = Holzleitner in 2023
| office = Minister for Women and Science
| term_start = 3 March 2025
| term_end =
| office1 = Member of the National Council
| term_start1 = 9 November 2017
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = Upper Austria
| party = Social Democratic Party (since 2012)
| otherparty =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|5 May 1993|df=yes}}
| alma_mater = Johannes Kepler University Linz
}}
Eva-Maria Holzleitner (born 5 May 1993) is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party who has served as the Minister of Women, Science and Research in the Stocker government since 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-28 |title=Eva Maria Holzleitner wird Frauen- und Wissenschaftsministerin |url=https://www.studium.at/eva-maria-holzleitner-wird-frauen-und-wissenschaftsministerin |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.studium.at |language=de}} She was first elected to the National Council in the 2017 legislative election, and was re-elected in the 2019 election.{{Cite web |title=Holzleitner Eva Maria, BSc |website=Parlament Österreich |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/2309 |access-date=2025-04-10 |language=de}}{{cite web|url=https://www.news.at/menschen/eva-maria-holzleitner|title=Eva-Maria Holzleitner: SPÖ-Abgeordnete und rote Nachwuchshoffnung|work=News.at|date=1 May 2023|language=de}} Since 2021, she has served as a deputy leader of the Social Democratic Party and as leader of its women's wing SPÖ Frauen.
Career
Eva-Maria Holzleitner attended the Brucknergymnasium in Wels from 2003, where she served as deputy head girl and graduated in 2011. She studied Social Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2016. Alongside her studies, she worked as a student assistant at JKU until February 2016.{{Cite web |title=Eva-Maria Holzleitner, BSc |url=https://www.spoe.at/personen/eva-maria-holzleitner/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=SPÖ |language=de}} She was employed at the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg from 2015 as an assistant in the HEAL (Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory) research group.{{Cite web |title=Holzleitner Eva Maria, BSc |website=Parlament Österreich |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/2309 |access-date=2025-04-10 |language=de}}
She joined the SPÖ-affiliated Aktion kritischer Schüler_innen (AKS) during her school years and became a member of the SPÖ in 2012. Holzleitner has held various positions within the SPÖ, including serving as the chair of the SPÖ's youth wing in Upper Austria (Junge Generation, JG) from 2016 to 2021. She was elected to the National Council on November 9, 2017, and was re-elected in 2019.{{Cite web |title=Eva-Maria Holzleitner, BSc |url=https://www.spoe.at/personen/eva-maria-holzleitner/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=SPÖ |language=de}}
In parliament, she has been the spokesperson for children and youth in the SPÖ parliamentary group during the 26th and 27th legislative periods.{{Cite web |title=Eva-Maria Holzleitner - Bundesministerin für Frauen, Wissenschaft und Forschung |url=https://www.meineabgeordneten.at/Abgeordnete/eva-maria.holzleitner |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Meine Abgeordneten |language=de-DE}} She also served on the committee investigating the alleged corruption of the previous government (Ibiza Committee).{{Cite news |date=2020-01-31 |title=U-Ausschuss: Mitglieder aus den Parteien stehen fest |url=https://www.diepresse.com/5756881/u-ausschuss-mitglieder-aus-den-parteien-stehen-fest |access-date=2025-04-10 |newspaper=Die Presse |language=de}}
Holzleitner was elected Chairwoman of the SPÖ Women in June 2021. She was later elected one of the six deputies of the SPÖ Party Leader, Pamela Rendi-Wagner, with 97.3% of the vote.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=Nationalratssitzung: Holzleitner brach am Rednerpult zusammen |url=https://www.vienna.at/nationalratssitzung-holzleitner-brach-am-rednerpult-zusammen/7154896 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=vienna.at}}
In 2023, under SPÖ leader Andreas Babler, she became Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Group. She was also confirmed as SPÖ Women's Chair with 97% of the vote in November 2023.{{Cite web |title=Holzleitner mit überwältigender Mehrheit als Frauenvorsitzende bestätigt |url=https://www.spoe.at/aktuelles/holzleitner-mit-ueberwaeltigender-mehrheit-als-frauenvorsitzende-bestaetigt/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=SPÖ |language=de}} She was the SPÖ's lead candidate for the 2024 National Council election in Upper Austria.{{Cite web |title=NR-Wahl: Holzleitner wird oberösterreichische SPÖ-Spitzenkandidatin |url=https://www.nachrichten.at/politik/landespolitik/nr-wahl-holzleitner-wird-oberoesterreichische-spoe-spitzenkandidatin;art383,3932027 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=nachrichten.at |language=de}}
On March 3, 2025, Holzleitner was appointed Minister for Women, Science, and Research in the Stocker government.{{Cite web |last=red |first=ORF at/Agenturen |date=2025-03-03 |title=Dreierkoalition: Neue Regierung angelobt |url=https://orf.at/stories/3386514/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=news.ORF.at |language=de}}
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Category:21st-century Austrian women politicians
Category:Members of the 26th National Council (Austria)
Category:Members of the 27th National Council (Austria)
Category:Members of the 28th National Council (Austria)