Karoline Edtstadler

Karoline Edtstadler
Edtstadler in 2024
Governor of Salzburg State
Assumed office
2 July 2025
DeputyMarlene Svazek (FPÖ)
Stefan Schnöll (ÖVP)
Preceded byWilfried Haslauer
Federal Minister for the EU and the Constitution at the Federal Chancellery
In office
29 January 2020 – 3 March 2025
PresidentAlexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor
Preceded byGernot Blümel
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2019 – 6 January 2020
ConstituencyAustria
State Secretary of the Interior
In office
18 December 2017 – 3 June 2019
PresidentAlexander Van der Bellen
ChancellorSebastian Kurz
MinisterHerbert Kickl
Eckart Ratz
Personal details
Born (1981-03-28) 28 March 1981
Party Austrian People's Party
European People's Party
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Karoline Stephanie Edtstadler (German: [kaʁoˈliːnɛ ˈɛt.ʃtadlɐ]; born 28 March 1981) is an Austrian lawyer and politician who serves as the Governor of Salzburg state since 2 July 2025, the second woman in this position and the first for the ÖVP. Previously, she served as minister for the EU and the constitution at the Austrian Chancellery in the federal governments of Chancellors Sebastian Kurz, Alexander Schallenberg and Karl Nehammer between 2020 and 2025. A member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), she previously served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 until 2020 and as State Secretary at the Ministry of the Interior from 2017 to 2019.