{"id":"brigitte-bierlein","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/brigitte-bierlein","language":"en","name":"Brigitte Bierlein","name_en":"Brigitte Bierlein","name_ne":null,"description":"Austrian jurist and politician, former federal chancellor of Austria and president of the Austrian constitutional court (1949–2024)","headline":"Austrian jurist and politician, former federal chancellor of Austria and president of the Austrian constitutional court (1949–2024)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Brigitte Bierlein (Austrian German: [briˈɡɪtɛ ˈbiːɐ̯laɪn]; 25 June 1949 – 3 June 2024) was an Austrian jurist who served as President of the Constitutional Court from 2018 to 2019 and as Chancellor of Austria from 2019 to 2020. An independent, she was the first woman to hold either office.","summary_more":["Bierlein served as the advocate general of the Procurator's Office – essentially the country's chief public prosecutor – from 1990 to 2002, as well as a member of the executive board of the International Association of Prosecutors from 2001 to 2003. In 2003, Bierlein was made a member and the vice president of the Constitutional Court.","Following the Ibiza affair, President Alexander Van der Bellen named Bierlein Chancellor of Austria, after a parliamentary motion of no confidence dismissed the first government of Sebastian Kurz, the first successful motion of no confidence in Austrian modern history. She was the first woman to assume the role, and served until the next government led by Kurz was sworn in, following the legislative election which took place on 29 September 2019."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"25 June 1949","date":"1949-06-25"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Vienna","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1741"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"3 June 2024","date":"2024-06-03"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Vienna","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1741"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Austria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"judge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16533"},{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955","start":"2019","end":"2020"},{"text":"Member of the Constitutional Court of Austria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32858800"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Vienna","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165980","end":"1971"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Federal Chancellor of Austria (3 June 2019 – 7 January 2020)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006398","start":"2019-06-03","end":"2020-01-07"},{"text":"President of the Constitutional Court (Austria) (23 February 2018 – 2 June 2019)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41436150","start":"2018-02-23","end":"2019-06-02"},{"text":"Vice-president of the Constitutional Court (1 January 2003 – 23 February 2018)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42265218","start":"2003-01-01","end":"2018-02-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19883673","date":"2005"},{"text":"Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14539974"},{"text":"Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10905171"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bierlein","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916162"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Brigitte Bierlein born?","a":"Brigitte Bierlein was born on 25 June 1949 in Vienna."},{"q":"What positions has Brigitte Bierlein held?","a":"Positions held by Brigitte Bierlein include: Federal Chancellor of Austria (2019–2020); 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Brigitte Bierlein.jpg — VfGH/Achim Bieniek, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.","cite":"\"Brigitte Bierlein\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/brigitte-bierlein. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T12:00:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/brigitte-bierlein","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/brigitte-bierlein","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/brigitte-bierlein?lang=ne"}}