Stephanie Krisper (born 24 May 1980 in Vienna) is an Austrian lawyer and politician of the NEOS party[1] who has been serving as a member of the Austrian National Council since 2017.
Stephanie Krisper | |
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Member of the National Council | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Vienna, Austria | 24 May 1980
Political party | NEOS |
Early life and education
editKrisper studied law at the University of Vienna, where she received Master of Law. She defended her PhD thesis at the same university in 2012.
Political career
editIn the 2017 elections, Krisper gained a seat in the National Council.
In addition to her committee assignments, Krisper has been a member of the Austrian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2020. In this capacity, she has served on the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 2022); the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 2020); the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (since 2020); and the Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (since 2020).[2] On behalf of the Assembly, she authored a 2022 report on safe third countries for asylum seekers.[3]
References
edit- ^ Francois Murphy (9 November 2020), Austria stopped trailing Vienna attacker in summer, report says Reuters.
- ^ Stephanie Krisper Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
- ^ Asylum seekers: improving the assessment of the safety of third countries Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), press release of 12 October 2022.