Gabriela Moser
Gabriela Moser (28 July 1954 – 12 March 2019) was an Austrian politician who was a member of the National Council for more than 20 years.
Politics
Moser, an early member of The Greens – The Green Alternative, was first elected to the city council of Linz in the 1980s.[1] She won a seat on the National Council of Austria in the 1994 Austrian legislative election, vacated her seat briefly, and then rejoined parliament in 1997.[2] She remained a member until the Greens lost all their seats in the 2017 election.[3] Moser was best known for her work fighting corruption. A parliamentary committee led by her investigated the Telekom affair involving Telekom Austria, and the Tetron affair which concerned the creation of a radio system for emergency services. Moser helped uncover the BUWOG affair which former finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser was involved in. Moser also investigated the Skylink scandal surrounding the construction of Vienna International Airport's Terminal 3, and allegations of corruption at the Austrian Federal Railways.[4] In 2018, Moser worked for the party academy of JETZT, a party that had split from the Greens in 2017.[2]
Personal life
Moser was born in 1954 in Linz, where she later taught German and history at a gymnasium. For environmental reasons, she did not own a car.[4] She was married to a German physicist and had no children.[1] In 2005, she received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria.[5] Moser died on 12 March 2019, at the age of 64, due to an illness she had been fighting for two years.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rohrhofer, Markus (12 March 2019). "Ehemalige Grünen-Politikerin Gabriela Moser gestorben". Der Standard (in Deutsch). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Gabriela Moser: Ex-Grünen-Politikerin ist tot". NEWS (in Deutsch). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ↑ Weißsensteiner, Nina (10 November 2017). "Mandate futsch: Wo sich die Grünen nun betätigen". Der Standard (in Deutsch). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Grünen-Politikerin Gabriela Moser verstorben". Die Presse (in Deutsch). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ↑ "Anfragebeantwortung" [List of recipients of Austrian medals and decorations (1952–2012)] (PDF) (in Deutsch). p. 1686. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
External links
- "Dr. Gabriela Moser". parlament.gv.at (in Deutsch). Austrian Parliament.
- 1954 births
- 2019 deaths
- Members of the 19th National Council (Austria)
- Members of the 20th National Council (Austria)
- Members of the 21st National Council (Austria)
- Members of the 22nd National Council (Austria)
- Members of the 23rd National Council (Austria)
- Members of the 24th National Council (Austria)
- Members of the 25th National Council (Austria)
- Politicians from Linz
- Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- The Greens (Austria) politicians
- Women members of the National Council (Austria)