Background
Haubner was born in Bad Goisern, Upper Austria, and took her Matura exams in Bad Ischl in 1963.
Haubner was born in Bad Goisern, Upper Austria, and took her Matura exams in Bad Ischl in 1963.
Her younger brother was former Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (Freedom Party of Austria) and BZÖ party chairman Jörg Haider.
Alliance for the Future of Austria, Austrian Freedom Party.
A former teacher, local politician, and a member of government (Staatssekretärin) since February 2003, Haubner was appointed federal minister of social affairs in January 2005, succeeding Herbert Haupt, whom she had already followed as party chairperson in June 2004. She served as a Member of the Austrian Parliament for the party until 2013.