Karin Scheele (born July 22, 1968 in

Baden bei Wien Baden (Central Bavarian: ''Bodn''), unofficially distinguished from Baden (disambiguation), other Badens as Baden bei Wien (Baden near Vienna), is a spa town in Austria. It serves as the capital of Baden (district of Austria), Baden District in t ...

) is an

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and was a member of the

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from 1999 till 2008.Mag. Karin Scheele
''parlament.gv.at'' (Biography in German), Retrieved January 17, 2011 In December 2008, she entered the regional government of her native Land of Lower Austria to become secretary in charge of Health and Social Affairs. After graduating from the

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she held various functions in the Austrian Socialist Youth Movement, in the

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and in the

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. She has been a member of the

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society since 1994 and was a member of the Western Sahara

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of the European Parliament.

References

External links

karinscheele.at - official website
(in German) 1968 births Living people People from Baden bei Wien MEPs for Austria 1999–2004 MEPs for Austria 2004–2009 Social Democratic Party of Austria MEPs 20th-century women MEPs for Austria 21st-century women MEPs for Austria {{Austria-politician-stub