The funeral ceremonies for Austria’s first female Chancellor, Brigitte Bierlein, will take place on June 14. Exactly five years after she was sworn in, the 74-year-old died this week after a short, serious illness.
The ‘state funeral’ begins with the laying of the coffin in St. Stephen’s Cathedral. After a requiem, Bierlein is buried in an honorary grave in the central cemetery. Austria’s first female head of government and VfGH president died last Monday shortly before her 75th birthday.
Laying in state takes three hours
The funeral is public and lasts from 7:00 am to 10:00 am. An hour later, the Requiem begins, in which the deceased are commemorated. Her body will be buried later today at the Central Cemetery.
Bierlein was one of the most colorful lawyers in the country. She worked for the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of Vienna, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Constitutional Court, which she also headed between 2018 and 2019.
After the Ibiza scandal, the Viennese was appointed chancellor of an expert government by Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen.
Source: Krone
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