Sophie Karmasin

Sophie Karmasin (born 5 January 1967) is an opinion researcher who was Minister for Families and Youth of Austria for four years.

Karmasin in 2013

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
  1. Brnada, Nina. "Ausgeforscht". Datum (in German). No. 4/2014.
  2. North, Marie (10 January 2014). "Von der Beobachterin zur Familienministerin". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. Kogelnik, Lisa (7 August 2016). "Sophie Karmasin: Ministerin mit Vorliebe für Symbolik". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. "Töchterle muss gehen, Karmasin wird Ministerin". Die Presse (in German). 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. Salomon, Martina (3 August 2018). "Passt Ihre „Identität"? Ex-Politikerin berät Firmen". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. "Familienministerin Karmasin zieht sich aus Politik zurück". Der Standard (in German). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. "Sophie Karmasin und Silvia Schneider künftig bei Puls 24". Der Standard (in German). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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