10 Facts About Doris Bures

Doris Bures was born on 3 August 1962 and is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party of Austria who serves as Third President of the Austrian National Council.

Doris Bures served as Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology from 2008 to 2014.

Doris Bures became a federal secretary of the International Union of Socialist Youth in 1980 and worked in a project with unemployed young people between 1985 and 1986.

Between 1988 and 1994 Bures was employed as secretary in a local social democratic organisation in Vienna and became general secretary of the Austrian tenant association in 1995.

Doris Bures started her political career as a district councillor in Wien-Liesing between 1987 and 1990.

Doris Bures has been deputy to the party leader in the district of Liesing since 1995 and was chairwoman of the SPO-women in Liesing between 2000 and 2006.

Doris Bures was a member of the National Council of Austria between 5 November 1990 and 15 January 2007, and between 3 July 2008 and 2 December 2008.

Doris Bures served as a minister without portfolio in the Gusenbauer cabinet between 11 January 2007 and 28 February 2007, and was Minister for Women, Media and Public Service.

Since 2 December 2008 Doris Bures has served as Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology.

Doris Bures had selected a less-qualified female candidate for the ministry department manager job instead of the man who later filed the discrimination case.