Sophie Karmasin
Sophie Karmasin (born 5 January 1967) is an opinion researcher who was Minister for Families and Youth of Austria for four years.
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Karmasin was born in Vienna. Her parents were Helene and Fritz Karmasin, the latter was a son of Franz Karmasin; Matthias Karmasin is her brother.[1] She studied business administration and later psychology at the University of Salzburg.[2] She led the family-owned Karasim Motivforschung, a market research company founded by her parents, until entering politics.[3] Karmasin is married with two children.[2]
She was appointed to the second Faymann government in December 2013.[4] She was nominated for the office by the Austrian People's Party, but does not have a party membership.[2] She worked on increasing family benefits and improving day care capacity but was criticised for her lack of experience in politics.[3][5]
Karmasin left politics after the 2017 Austrian legislative election.[6] In 2018 she founded a consulting firm.[5] Since 2019 she presents an opinion poll segment on television channel Puls 24.[7]
References
- Brnada, Nina. "Ausgeforscht". Datum (in German). No. 4/2014.
- North, Marie (10 January 2014). "Von der Beobachterin zur Familienministerin". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- Kogelnik, Lisa (7 August 2016). "Sophie Karmasin: Ministerin mit Vorliebe für Symbolik". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- "Töchterle muss gehen, Karmasin wird Ministerin". Die Presse (in German). 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- Salomon, Martina (3 August 2018). "Passt Ihre „Identität"? Ex-Politikerin berät Firmen". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- "Familienministerin Karmasin zieht sich aus Politik zurück". Der Standard (in German). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- "Sophie Karmasin und Silvia Schneider künftig bei Puls 24". Der Standard (in German). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.