Doris Bures

Who is Doris Bures?

Doris Bures is an Austrian politician. Since December 2008, she has been Austrian Minister of Transport, Innovation and Technology. Bures is a member of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs, has served as Minister for Women, Media and Public Service and was a member of the National Council of Austria.

Bures attended elementary school and a commercial school. She became a federal secretary of the 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. Afterwards Bures was Bundesgeschäftsführerin of the SPÖ between 2000 and 2007 and also 2008.

Bures started her political career as a district councillor in Wien-Liesing between 1987 and 1990. She has been deputy to the party leader in the district of Liesing since 1995 and was chairwoman of the SPÖ-women in Liesing between 2000 and 2006. Bures was a member of the National Council of Austria between November 5, 1990 and January 15, 2007 and between July 3, 2008 and December 2, 2008.