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Austrian politician (born 1970) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Klaudia Tanner (née Wallner, born 2 May 1970) is an Austrian politician of the People's Party (ÖVP) who has been serving as Minister of Defense in the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz since January 2020.[1][2] From 2011 to 2020, she worked as the General Manager of Austria's political farmers' association.
Klaudia Tanner | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Portrait, 2020 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| Assumed office 7 January 2020 | |
| Chancellor | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Starlinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 May 1970 Scheibbs, Austria |
| Political party | People's Party |
| Education | University of Vienna |
Tanner was born in the small town of Scheibbs in Lower Austria. Early in her career, she worked in the cabinet of Minister of the Interior Ernst Strasser from 2001 to 2003 and for IT company Kapsch BusinessCom, a subsidiary of Kapsch from 2003 to 2010.
Already in the negotiations on a coalition government under Chancellor Sebastian Kurz following the 2017 elections, Tanner was considered as potential cabinet minister.[3]
After the 2019 elections, Tanner was appointed Minister of Defense by Kurz in January 2020, making her the first woman to hold the position.[4][5]
Under Tanner's leadership, Austria mobilized its military reservists for the first time since World War Two, asking them to fight the COVID-19 pandemic by helping with food supplies, medical support and police operations.[6] Her ministry also ordered 18 Leonardo AW169M helicopters in a deal with Italy in September 2020, replacing its fleet of 50-year-old Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopters.[7]
Tanner lives in Gresten. She is married and has a daughter.
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