Background
Johanna Mikl-Leitner was born in Hollabrunn, Lower Austria. She grew up in Großharras, where she attended primary school from 1970 till 1974.
Johanna Mikl-Leitner was born in Hollabrunn, Lower Austria. She grew up in Großharras, where she attended primary school from 1970 till 1974.
Mikl-Leitner studied Business Education at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and graduated from there with a Master of Social and Economic Sciences degree.
She went to a grammar school (en-Great Britain) / high school (en-United States), which specializes in natural sciences (Realgymnasium) in Laa an der Thaya. In 1978, she switched to business school (Handelsakademie) in Laa, where she took her A-levels (Matura) in 1983. Mikl-Leitner taught at the business school (Handelsakademie) in Laa an der Thaya, where she had previously studied, from 1989 until 1990.
After that she was a trainee at the Federation of Austrian Industries until 1993 and then worked for a publishing company until 1995.
At that point she made her first steps into politics. She became the Marketing Manager for the Lower Austrian Österreichisches Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party) in 1995 and their leader in 1998.
In 2010 she was elected vice president of the Assembly of European Regions.
After the resignation of vice chancellor and Österreichisches Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party) party leader Josef Pröll, the Faymann cabinet was reshuffled and Johanna Mikl-Leitner was sworn in as Austria"s Minister of the Interior on April 21, 2011.
Between 2003 and 2011 she was member of the government (Landesrätin) of Lower Austria and since April 21, 2011 (2011-2004-21) she is Austria"s Minister of the Interior. Johanna Mikl-Leitner was a member of Austria"s National Council from October 29, 1999 (1999-1910-29) until April 18, 2003 (2003-2004-18), representing the Österreichisches Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party). On March 24, 2003 she became a member of the government (Landesrätin) of Lower Austria.