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    Svetlana Velmar-Janković

    Rudolf Anschober
    Anschober in 2020
    Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
    In office
    7 January 2020 – 13 April 2021
    ChancellorSebastian Kurz
    Preceded byBrigitte Zarfl
    Succeeded byWolfgang Mückstein
    Personal details
    Born (1960-11-21) 21 November 1960 (age 64)
    Wels, Upper Austria, Austria
    Political partyThe Greens – The Green Alternative
    Websitewww.anschober.at Edit this at Wikidata

    Rudolf Anschober (born 21 November 1960) is an Austrian politician of the Green Party who served as Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection in the second government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz from January 2020 to April 2021.[1]

    Political career

    A former journalist and schoolteacher,[2] Anschober served as a member of the National Council from 1990 until 1997. On 23 October 2003, he became part of the Upper Austrian state government.[3] He was the only councillor in the Upper Austrian government to represent the Greens for 9 years, from the time he was elected until 2012.[4] In September 2012, he took a brief break as councillor to be on sick leave for three months because of burnout.[4] In the government, he was a councillor representing flood protection and energy policy until he left in 2012.[5] In 2015, he took on the responsibilities of integration and accommodation of refugees instead when rejoining the government.[5]

    Throughout his tenure in the federal government, Anschober worked on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria. He consistently called for stricter lockdown measures in the face of high infection numbers, clashing with Chancellor Kurz and his party.[2] By April 2021, he was diagnosed as suffering from high blood pressure, high blood sugar and early-stage tinnitus, which led him to resign from his office, effective 19 April 2021.[6] At the time of his resignation, he was one of the country's most popular politicians.[2] He started writing a political novel upon leaving.[7]

    Personal life

    His partner is Petra Ramsauer, a political scientist and author.[7] They live in Vienna in an apartment.[8] He previously lived in Steyregg when he worked in the Upper Austrian government.[9]

    Other activities

    Bibliography

    Books

    • Anschober, Rudi (April 11, 2022). Pandemia (1st ed.). Zsolnay, Paul. ISBN 978-3-552-07288-6.

    References

    1. ^ "Rudolf Anschober, Biografie". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
    2. ^ a b c Murphy, Francois (13 April 2021). "Austrian health minister steps down, exhausted by pandemic". Reuters. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
    3. ^ Pöchinger, Werner (5 November 2023). "Ein Missionar für das „Zurückholen der Zukunft"". Kronen (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2025.
    4. ^ a b "Burn-Out: Rudi Anschober nimmt Auszeit". Nachrichten (in German). 20 September 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
    5. ^ a b "Landtag zur ersten Sitzung zusammengetreten". ORF (in German). 23 October 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
    6. ^ Gehrke, Laurenz (13 April 2021). "Austrian health minister resigns, citing ill health". POLITICO. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
    7. ^ a b "Neuer Job für Rudi Anschober – er tut's Freundin gleich | Heute.at". Heute (in German). 27 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
    8. ^ Kahlweit, Cathrin (19 December 2020). "Frühere Kriegsreporterin Petra Ramsauer und ihr Buch "Angst"". Süddeutsche (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2025.
    9. ^ ""Pühringer war einer der ersten Gratulanten" | Heute.at". Heute (in German). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
    10. ^ "Kuratorium | Fonds Gesundes Österreich". fgoe.org. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
    11. ^ "Organs - General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism". web.archive.org. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Anschober

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