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Elfriede Karl

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'''Elfriede Karl''' (born 14 September 1933 in [[Salzburg]]) is a retired [[Austria]]n politician and member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]]. She was primarily engaged in family and [[feminism|women's affairs]].<ref name="oe1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Karl was a member of the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]] between 1974 and 1990.<ref></ref>

Before entering politics, Karl had completed an apprenticeship as a clerk in the 1950s. She worked as a salesperson and later [[stenotype|stenotypist]]. She was involved in [[organised labour]] and from 1961 worked for the [[Chamber for Workers and Employees]].<ref name="frauenmachengeschichte"></ref>

Starting in 1971, Elfriede Karl was state secretary for family affairs in the [[Chancellery (Austria)|Federal Chancellery]] under Chancellor [[Bruno Kreisky]]. In 1979, the [[Ministry of Finance (Austria)|Ministry of Finance]] became responsible for family policy, and Karl became a state secretary there. In 1983, when [[Fred Sinowatz]] became [[Chancellor of Austria]], the ''Federal Ministry for Family, Youth and Consumer Protection'' was created with Elfriede Karl as its first minister.<ref name="frauenmachengeschichte" /> In 1975, while she was state secretary, [[Abortion in Austria|Austrian abortion law]] was relaxed. During her time as family minister, the maximum length of [[parental leave]] in Austria was extended to two years and parents were granted the right to split their time on leave. Karl was also in favour of granting family benefits to [[unmarried couple]]s and [[single parent]]s.<ref name="oe1" />

== References ==




[[Category:Women government ministers of Austria]]
[[Category:Social Democratic Party of Austria politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the National Council (Austria)]]
[[Category:Politicians from Salzburg]]
[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]



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