Elisabeth Udolf-Strobl (born 12 April 1956) is an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

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. She served as Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs in the Bierlein government. Udolf-Strobl studied at

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and the

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. From 1986 she was employed by the Austrian trade ministry. From 2018 she was a board member of

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. On 3 June 2019 she was sworn in as federal minister.

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* 1956 births Living people People from Wels University of Vienna alumni Government ministers of Austria Women government ministers of Austria 21st-century Austrian politicians 21st-century Austrian women politicians {{austria-politician-stub