Andrea Kdolsky

Andrea Kdolsky, born Pelucha, was an Austrian physician and politician who served as Minister for Health, Family and Youth in the government of Alfred Gusenbauer from January 2007 to December 2008. Born and raised in Vienna, she first began studying law and economics, then completed a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Vienna in 1993 and went on to work as an anaesthesiologist. After leaving politics she worked as a consultant on health care. She belonged to the Austrian People's Party until March 2023, when she left after the party formed a state government with the FPOe in Lower Austria. Her publications include a 2012 book on the incurable diseases of the Austrian health system and a cookbook of pork recipes that she edited. She died of cancer in Vienna on 30 September 2026, at the age of 63.