Brigitte Bierlein, Austria's former Constitutional Court head and first woman chancellor, has died at 74 after a brief illness, according to Chancellor Karl Nehammer.
Brigitte Bierlein, the former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court who became the country’s first female chancellor in an interim government in 2019, has died. She was 74. Her death on Monday was announced by Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who wrote that 'for future generations, she will remain a shining example of self-determination, equal rights and breaking through glass ceilings.' He said that Austria lost one of its most distinguished legal experts.
Bierlein sat on the court first as vice-president and then as president from February 2018 until her appointment as chancellor on June 3, 2019. She was named interim leader after then-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz lost a confidence vote following the collapse of the governing coalition between his right-wing People’s Party and the far-right Freedom Party.
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