- Eva Glawischnig
Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek (born
February 28 ,1969 ) is anAustria n politician of theAustrian Green Party and its federal spokeswoman.Born in
Villach , Carinthia, Glawischnig attended "gymnasium" inSpittal an der Drau and took her "Matura " exams there. She then studiedlaw at theUniversity of Graz , Styria, graduating in 1993 (Magistra) and 1999 (doctorate) respectively.cite web|title=Biographie|publisher=Die Grünen|url=http://www.gruene.at/personen/eva_glawischnig/|accessdate=2008-08-21|language=German]Glawischnig worked as a legal adviser for
Global 2000 from 1992 till 1996. In that year she embarked on a career in regional politics for the Green Party ofVienna , later moving on to the federal level. She has been a member of theNational Council of Austria ("Nationalrat") since 1999cite web|title=Ausführlicher Artikel über Eva Glawischnig|publisher=Salzburger Nachrichten|url=http://www.gruene.at/uploads/media/glawischnigbio_sn_artikel.pdf|accessdate=2008-08-21|language=German] and became vice-chairperson of the Austrian Green Party in 2002. Glawischnig has been a persistent critic of the Austrian government headed byWolfgang Schüssel . On October 30, 2006 she became Third Speaker of the Austrian Parliament, as the first representative of the Greens in this office. [ cite web|title=Parliament: swearing-in of new Members of Parliament|publisher=Austrian Federal Chancellery|url=http://www.bka.gv.at/site/infodate__06.11.2006/4970/default.aspx|accessdate=2008-08-22]On
3 October 2008 , Glawischnig became the Greens' federal spokeswoman followingAlexander Van der Bellen 's resignation. [http://orf.at/081003-30171/index.html]Notes and references
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* [http://kaernten.gruene.at/download/glawischnig.jpgA photo from the homepage of her political party]
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