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Maria Fekter
Interior Minister of Austria
Incumbent
Assumed office  1 July 2008
Chancellor	Alfred Gusenbauer Werner Faymann
Preceded by	Günther Platter
Born	February 1, 1956 (1956-02-01) (age 53) Attnang-Puchheim, Upper Austria
Political party	ÖVP
Profession	entrepreneur, politician

Maria Theresia Fekter is an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and since July 1, 2008 Austrian Interior Minister.

On 27 June 2008, it was announced by her party that she is to be appointed as the new Interior Minister in the Gusenbauer cabinet, following Günther Platter, who became the new Governor of Tyrol.

Because her family made a fortune producing gravel she is often referred to as "Schottermitzi" ("Gravel Mary"). In January 2010 she showed practised humanity by proposing to block up people who come to Austria to ask for asylum. She is a perfect example, that intelligence is not a prerequisite to take public office in Austria.

Career

• Doctor of Law, Linz University (1979)
• Magistra rerum socialium oeconomicarumque, Linz University (1982)
• Engagement in her parents' gravel pit and carrying business (1982—), managing partner (1986—)
• Municipal councillor in Attnang-Puchheim (1986–1990)
• Member of the executive committee (Präsidium) of the Österreichischer Wirtschaftsbund (entrepreneurs' organization of the Austrian People's Party) (1990–2002)
• State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs (1990–1994)
• Member of the National Council (Parliament) (1994–2007)
• Ombudsman (Volksanwältin) (2007–2008)
• Federal Minister of the Interior (2008—)

The Faymann Cabinet Werner Faymann | Josef Pröll | Michael Spindelegger | Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek | Alois Stöger | Maria Fekter | Claudia Bandion-Ortner | Norbert Darabos | Nikolaus Berlakovich | Rudolf Hundstorfer | Claudia Schmied | Doris Bures | Reinhold Mitterlehner | Johannes Hahn

The Gusenbauer Cabinet Alfred Gusenbauer | Doris Bures/Heidrun Silhavy | Ursula Plassnik | Wilhelm Molterer | Andrea Kdolsky | Günther Platter/Maria Fekter | Maria Berger | Norbert Darabos | Josef Pröll | Erwin Buchinger | Claudia Schmied | Werner Faymann | Martin Bartenstein | Johannes Hahn