17 Facts About Barbara Rosenkranz

Barbara Rosenkranz is an Austrian politician for the Freedom Party of Austria.

Barbara Rosenkranz was a member of the Parliament of Austria, the National Council, from 2002 to 2008, where she served as Chair of the Committee for Health Affairs.

Barbara Rosenkranz was elected to the Parliament of Lower Austria in 1993, and chaired her party group from 2000 onwards.

Barbara Rosenkranz was her party's top candidate in Lower Austria in the 2008 election.

Barbara Rosenkranz resigned as member of the National Council on 9 April 2008, and the following day she was appointed to the cabinet of the state as Minister of Building Law and Animal Protection.

Barbara Rosenkranz was elected deputy chair of her party in the state of Lower Austria in 1996.

Barbara Rosenkranz was the candidate of the Freedom Party for the 2010 Austrian presidential election.

Barbara Rosenkranz's candidacy was officially presented by the Freedom Party on 2 March 2010.

Barbara Rosenkranz has been a vocal critic of the European Union, immigration, and restrictions to the freedom of speech like the Austrian anti-Nazi laws.

Barbara Rosenkranz is known for her conservative views on the family and social policy.

Barbara Rosenkranz supported Russia's annexation of Crimea and its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and was listed as a recipient of thousands of euros as compensation for her presence at the 2016 Yalta Economic Forum in Russian-occupied Crimea in OCCRP investigation of Russia's International Agency for Current Policy.

Barbara Rosenkranz rejects gay marriage and argues marriage is between men and women only.

Barbara Rosenkranz's husband, Horst Barbara Rosenkranz, is a publisher of far right material and was formerly a member of the now-banned National Democratic Party, a far-right party and the question of whether she shares her husband's beliefs has caused some controversy.

In 1995, Barbara Rosenkranz brought a defamation case against the publicist Hans-Henning Scharsach for referring to her as an example of a "Kellernazi", that is, a closet sympathizer of National Socialist beliefs.

Historian Lothar Hobelt, head of the supporting committee for Barbara Rosenkranz, criticized the media for a "manipulating campaign" against her and argued that some of these statements were several years old or taken out of context.

Barbara Rosenkranz is married to Horst Rosenkranz, and has 10 children, 6 girls and 4 boys.

Barbara Rosenkranz studied history and philosophy at the University of Vienna, but didn't graduate.