Claudia Plakolm takes over important departments in the new government!

In the event of a significant transformation of the Austrian government, Claudia Plakolm took responsibility for the family, youth, EU and Integration departments. This was announced in a meeting of the ÖVP in the political academy. Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner and Interior Minister Gerhard Karner and Minister of Agriculture Norbert Totschnig will keep their previous offices. Alexander Pröll, the Secretary General, was appointed State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery. In the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the boss of Oecolution, Elisabeth Zehetner, will support her new colleague Hattmannsdorfer, while the Styrian State Councilor Barbara Eibinger-Miedl will be active as State Secretary in the red-guided finance ministry, such as orf.at reported .

Claudia Plakolm, which was praised by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen on December 6, 2021, was born on December 10, 1994 in Linz. She started her political career as an AHS state school spokeswoman in Upper Austria in 2012. At the age of only 22 she became the youngest MP in the Austrian National Council and worked there as a spokeswoman for the ÖVP for youth. In addition, Plakolm has been leading the Junge ÖVP since 2021 and has also been responsible for the agendas of community service since July 2022 and since May 2024 for digitization in the Federal Chancellery, such as bundeskanzleramt.gv.at explained .