Rudolf Anschober

Rudolf Anschober (born 21 November 1960) is an Austrian politician of the Green Party who served as Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection in the second government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz from January 2020 to April 2021.^[1]

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Rudolf Anschober
Anschober in 2020

Minister of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
In office 7 January 2020 – 13 April 2021
Chancellor	Sebastian Kurz
Preceded by	Brigitte Zarfl
Succeeded by	Wolfgang Mückstein

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Born	(1960-11-21) 21 November 1960 (age 64) Wels, Upper Austria, Austria
Political party	The Greens – The Green Alternative
Website	www.anschober.at

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A former journalist and schoolteacher,^[2] Anschober served as a member of the National Council from 1990 until 1997. On 23 October 2003, he became part of the Upper Austrian state government.^[3] He was the only councillor in the Upper Austrian government to represent the Greens for 9 years, from the time he was elected until 2012.^[4] In September 2012, he took a brief break as councillor to be on sick leave for three months because of burnout.^[4] In the government, he was a councillor representing flood protection and energy policy until he left in 2012.^[5] In 2015, he took on the responsibilities of integration and accommodation of refugees instead when rejoining the government.^[5]

Throughout his tenure in the federal government, Anschober worked on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria. He consistently called for stricter lockdown measures in the face of high infection numbers, clashing with Chancellor Kurz and his party.^[2] By April 2021, he was diagnosed as suffering from high blood pressure, high blood sugar and early-stage tinnitus, which led him to resign from his office, effective 19 April 2021.^[6] At the time of his resignation, he was one of the country's most popular politicians.^[2] He started writing a political novel upon leaving.^[7]

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Anschober, Rudi (April 11, 2022). Pandemia (1st ed.). Zsolnay, Paul. ISBN 978-3-552-07288-6.

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