# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benita-ferrero-waldner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:14:50.931Z

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name: "Benita Ferrero-Waldner"
slug: "benita-ferrero-waldner"
description: "Benita Ferrero-Waldner is an Austrian diplomat and politician, and a member of the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Ferrero-Waldner served as Foreign Minister of Austria 2000–2004 and was the candidate of the Austrian People's Party in the 2004 Austrian presidential election, which she narrowly lost with 47.6% of the votes. She served as the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy from 2004 to 2009, and as the European Commissioner for Trade and European Neighbourhood Policy from 2009 to 2010."
tagline: "Austrian diplomat and politician"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1948-09-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump