Brigitte Bierlein, the former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court and the country’s first female chancellor in an interim government in 2019, has sadly passed away at the age of 74. Her death was announced by Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who praised her as a shining example of self-determination, equal rights, and breaking through glass ceilings.
Bierlein, a distinguished legal expert, served on Austria's Constitutional Court as vice-president and then as president before her appointment as chancellor in June 2019. She took on the role of interim leader following a confidence vote that led to the collapse of the governing coalition between the right-wing People’s Party and the far-right Freedom Party.
