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{{Short description|Austrian politician (born 1942)}}

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| name = Elisabeth Gehrer

| image = Gehrer Elisabeth 2006 DSCN2500.jpg

| caption = Gehrer in 2006

| office = [[Ministry of Education (Austria)|Minister for Education]]

| term_start = 4 May 1995

| term_end = 11 January 2007

| chancellor = [[Franz Vranitzky]]<br/>[[Viktor Klima]]<br/>[[Wolfgang Schüssel]]

| predecessor = [[Erhard Busek]]

| successor = [[Claudia Schmied]]

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1942|5|11}}

| birth_place = [[Vienna]], Austria

| party = [[Austrian People's Party]]

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| children = 3

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'''Elisabeth Gehrer''' (''{{nee}}'' '''Pokorny''', born 11 May 1942,) néeis [[Adolfan Pokorny|Pokorny]])Austrian ispolitician afor the [[Austrian People's Party|Conservative]] [[Austria]]n politician(ÖVP). From May 1995 until January 2007, Gehrer was Federal Minister offor Education, Science and Culture, at first in [[grand coalition]] governments headed by [[Franz Vranitzky]] and [[Viktor Klima]] (both [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|SPÖ]]), and, sincefrom 2000, onwards in [[Wolfgang Schüssel]]'s coalition government. SinceFrom 1999 sheto has2007, she also beenserved as vice party chairperson of the [[Austrian People's Party]] (ÖVP).

==Biography==

GehrerThe wasdaughter bornof ina [[Vienna]]self-employed butbusinessman and a kindergarten teacher, she was brought up and educated in [[Innsbruck]]. She became a [[primary education|primary school]] [[teacher]] in 1961 and continued teaching in small country schools, until 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Elisabeth+Gehrer/0/21436.html|title = Elisabeth Gehrer - Munzinger Biographie}}</ref>

In 1964, she married Fritz Gehrer, moved to [[Bregenz]], [[Vorarlberg]] and became a homemaker. The couple has three grown-upadult sons, one of whom, Stefan, is a journalist for the [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/1433689/stefan-gehrer-trocken-vortragen|title=Stefan Gehrer: "Trocken vortragen"|date=7 October 2003|accessdate=31 July 2019|work=[[Der Standard]]}}</ref>

Elisabeth Gehrer started her political career in 1980 as a regional politician in Bregenz. She remained in Vorarlberg in various political positions until her appointment as Federalfederal Ministerminister in 1995.

Gehrer announced her decision to step down in the wake of the [[Austrian legislative election, 2006]], and was succeeded on 11 January 2007 by [[Claudia Schmied]] and [[Johannes Hahn]].

Gehrer was a Scoutscout leader, National Commissioner for [[Ranger (Girl Guide)|Rangers]] of [[Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs]] and teamed [[Woodbadge]] trainings (i.e. 1976 in Wassergspreng).<ref>{{cite book

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|title = Ministerin Gehrer bei Jamboree-Fotoschau in Baden|language = German | journal =PPÖ-Brief| volume = 4/1999 | page =24| year = 2004|publisher=Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author= Elisabeth Gehrer|author2=Josef Reischl

|title =Aus den Stufen-Rover/Ranger |language = German | journal =Wegweiser-Die Führungszeitschrift der Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs| volume = 1/1981 | pages =43–45| year = 1981|publisher=Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=

| title =Eingeschlagene Pfade|language = German | journal = Skills-100 Jahre Pfadfinder.Magazin zum Abenteuer des Lebens.|page=104| year = 2007|publisher= Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs und Monopol Verlag }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Kati Kieser;|author2=Lisa Niederdorfer

| title =Dabei gewesen|language = German | journal = Skills-Pfadfinderinnen und Aussen.Magazin zum Abenteuer des Lebens.|page=66

| year = 2010|publisher= Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs und Monopol Verlag }}</ref>

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