Susanne Raab

Susanne Raab (German: [sʊˈzanɛ ʁaːp]; née Knasmüller; born 20 October 1984) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who serves at the cabinet level.^[1] She has been instrumental for integration of the country's immigrant population, which is ruled by the "Amended Ministerial Law (in Austrian German: Bundesministeriengesetz) 1986".^[2]

Susanne Raab
Raab in 2020
Federal Minister for Women, Family, Youth and Integration
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2021
Chancellor	Sebastian Kurz Alexander Schallenberg Karl Nehammer
Preceded by	Position established
Federal Minister of Integration at the Federal Chancellery
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 January 2020
Chancellor	Sebastian Kurz Alexander Schallenberg Karl Nehammer
Preceded by	Juliane Bogner-Strauß (2019)
Succeeded by	Claudia Plakolm and Eva-Maria Holzleitner (2025)
Personal details
Born	(1984-10-20) 20 October 1984 (age 40)
Political party	Austrian People's Party
Alma mater	University of Innsbruck

Career

Raab served as Minister for Women and Integration from 29 January 2020, in the government of president Alexander Van der Bellen.^[1][3]

From 1 February 2021 to 4 January 2022 she served as Federal Minister for Women, Family, Youth and Integration in the second government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.^[1][4]

Between 5 January 2022 and 3 March 2025 Raab served as Federal Minister for Women, Family, Integration and Media in the Nehammer government.^[1]

During March 2024 Susanne Raab paid an official visit to Washington DC where she met with senior officials from the US Department of State, as well as to the UN in New York.^[5]

Raab has applied to become the new Director General of ICMPD.^[6]