Ursula Haubner is an Austria

Austria

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n politician of the Alliance for the Future of Austria

Alliance for the Future of Austria

The Alliance for the Future of Austria , abbreviated to BZÖ, is a conservative liberal political party in Austria. The party has sixteen seats in the National Council....

 (BZÖ), formerly of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ). Haubner is married with two daughters and five grandchildren. Her younger brother was former FPÖ and BZÖ party chairman Jörg Haider

Jörg Haider

Jörg Haider was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia on two occasions, the long-time leader of the Austrian Freedom Party and later Chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Austria , a breakaway party from the FPÖ.Haider was controversial within Austria and abroad for comments...

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Haubner was born in Bad Goisern

Bad Goisern

Bad Goisern is a market town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden. It is part of the Salzkammergut resort area. At the 2005 census Bad Goisern had a population of 7.578 inhabitants.- History :...

, Upper Austria

Upper Austria

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, and took her Matura

Matura

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exams in Bad Ischl

Bad Ischl

Bad Ischl is a spa town in Austria. It lies in the southern part of Upper Austria, at the Traun River in the centre of the Salzkammergut region. The town consists of the Katastralgemeinden Ahorn, Bad Ischl, Haiden, Jainzen, Kaltenbach, Lauffen, Lindau, Pfandl, Perneck, Reiterndorf and Rettenbach...

 in 1963. A former teacher, local politician, and a member of government (Staatssekretärin) since February 2003, she was appointed Federal Minister of Social Affairs in January 2005, succeeding Herbert Haupt

Herbert Haupt

----Herbert Haupt is an Austrian politician and former party chairman of the Austrian Freedom Party. Born in Seeboden, Carinthia, and a veterinarian by training, he was federal Minister of Social Services from 2000 till 2005 in a coalition government headed by Wolfgang Schüssel...

, whom she had already followed as party chairperson in June 2004.

Ursula Haubner joined her brother Jörg Haider

Jörg Haider

Jörg Haider was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia on two occasions, the long-time leader of the Austrian Freedom Party and later Chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Austria , a breakaway party from the FPÖ.Haider was controversial within Austria and abroad for comments...

 when he decided to split from the Freedom Party to create the Alliance for the Future of Austria

Alliance for the Future of Austria

The Alliance for the Future of Austria , abbreviated to BZÖ, is a conservative liberal political party in Austria. The party has sixteen seats in the National Council....

(BZÖ). She now serves as a Member of Parliament for the party.