Margit Fischer
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Margit Fischer | |
|---|---|
 Fischer in 2012 | |
| First Lady of Austria | |
| In office 9 July 2004 – 8 July 2016 | |
| President | Heinz Fischer |
| Preceded by | Margot Klestil-Löffler |
| Succeeded by | Doris Schmidauer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margit Binder 28 June 1943 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Margit Fischer (née Binder; born 28 June 1943) is an Austrian former fabric designer and First Lady of Austria from 2006 until 2016 as the wife of former president Heinz Fischer.[1]
Fischer was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her parents, Otto and Anna Binder, were social democrats and Jews who fled to Sweden during the Nazi regime. Mrs Fischer speaks Swedish fluently. In 1949, her family returned to Austria. She attended grammar school in Vienna and began studying arts at the University of Vienna. In 1968, she married Heinz Fischer, a social democratic politician. In 2004, her husband was elected Austrian president and she became the First Lady of Austria. The couple have two children: Philip (born 1972) and Lisa (born 1975).[2]
