Leonore Gewessler

Leonore Gewessler
Gewessler in 2025
Chairwoman of the Austrian Green Party
Assumed office
29 June 2025
Preceded byWerner Kogler
Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
In office
7 January 2020 – 3 March 2025
PresidentAlexander Van der Bellen
Chancellor
Preceded byAndreas Reichhardt
Succeeded byPeter Hanke
Member of the National Council
Assumed office
24 October 2024
In office
23 October 2019 – 7 January 2020
AffiliationThe Greens
Personal details
Born (1977-09-15) 15 September 1977
PartyThe Greens – The Green Alternative
Alma materUniversity of Vienna

Leonore Gewessler (German: [lɛoˈnoːʁε ˈgeːvεslɐ]; born 15 September 1977) is an Austrian Green politician who served as Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology in the Nehammer government.

On 29 June 2025, she was elected as the new Green Party leader with 96.76% of the delegates at a Green Party convention in Vienna.