Pamela Rendi-Wagner | |
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![]() Pamela Rendi-Wagner in October 2021 | |
Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control | |
Assumed office 17 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Andrea Ammon |
Chair of the Social Democratic Party | |
In office 24 November 2018 – 3 June 2023 | |
Preceded by | Christian Kern |
Succeeded by | Andreas Babler |
Minister of Health and Women | |
In office 8 March 2017 – 18 December 2017 | |
Chancellor | Christian Kern |
Preceded by | Sabine Oberhauser |
Succeeded by | Beate Hartinger-Klein |
Member of the National Council | |
In office 9 November 2017 – 30 June 2023 | |
Nominated by | Christian Kern |
Affiliation | Social Democratic Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Joy Pamela Wagner 7 May 1971 Vienna, Austria |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Spouse | Michael Rendi |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of Vienna (MD) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (MSc) |
Pamela Rendi-Wagner (born Joy Pamela Wagner, 7 May 1971) is an Austrian physician and politician who is the current director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control[1] and who previously served as chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) from 2018 to 2023. She was the first woman to lead the SPÖ.[2][3][4]
From 2011 to 2017, she served as director-general for public health in the Austrian Ministry of Health. She served as minister for health and women from March to December 2017. Rendi-Wagner was elected to the National Council for the SPÖ in the 2017 election, and became parliamentary leader in October 2018.[5][6] She was the SPÖ's lead candidate in the 2019 election.[7] In June 2024, Rendi-Wagner was appointed Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.[1]
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