What is Johanna Mikl-Leitner?
[[File:Europaforum Wachau-2018 7465 (cropped).JPG|thumb|Johanna Mikl-Leitner (2018)]] '''Johanna Mikl-Leitner''' (born February 9, [[1964]] in [[Hollabrunn]]) is an [[Austria]]n politician of the [[ÖVP]]. Mikl-Leitner has been governor of [[Lower Austria]] since April 19, 2017, succeeding fellow party member [[Erwin Pröll]]. She had already been active in Lower Austrian politics. On a national level, she was a member of the [[National Council (Austria)|National Council]] (''Nationalrat'') from 1999 to 2003, and from 2011 to 2016 interior minister in the [[First Faymann government|First]] and [[Second Faymann government]]. Mikl-Leitner grew up in the [[Weinviertel]] region of Lower Austria. She obtained a masters at [[Vienna University of Economics and Business]], worked as a teacher, at Austrian [[employers' organization]] (''Industriellenvereinigung'') and at a publishing company before entering into politics. She is married with two daughters, and lives in [[Klosterneuburg]]. == References == * [https://www.parlament.gv.at/WWER/PAD_08214/index.shtml Bio at Austrian Parliament Website] == Other websites == * [https://johanna-mikl-leitner.at/ Homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606080933/https://johanna-mikl-leitner.at/ |date=2017-06-06 }} {{Commonscat}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikl-Leitner, Johanna}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Government ministers of Austria]] [[Category:Governors of Austrian States]] [[Category:People from Lower Austria]]