Ruth Becher (born 28 January 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 ...

n politician and former member of the National Council. A member of the

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, she represented Vienna North from December 2002 to October 2024. She was a member of the

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from December 1987 to December 2002. Becher was born on 28 January 1956 in

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. She studied

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and history at the

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. She was a

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teacher from 1984 to 2001. She was chair of the Vienna Tenants' Association () from 1994 to 2002. Becher has held various positions in the Viennese branch of the

(SPÖ) from 1989 to 2002. She was a member of the

for the Donaustadt electoral district from December 1987 to December 2002. She was elected to the National Council at the 2002 legislative election.

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