Madeleine Petrovic (; born 25 June 1956) is an Austrian politician. From 1994 to 1996, she was federal spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party.

Biography

Early life

thumb|right|Petrovic (right) and [[Freda Meissner-Blau (left) at the 2009 Save The World Awards]]

She attended Austrian gymnasium which she finished 1974, and studied law

During the first mailbomb series of Austrian terrorist Franz Fuchs, on 5 December 1993, a mailbomb targeted at her was discovered and neutralized. The same day Vienna's mayor Helmut Zilk was seriously injured by another mailbomb.

Political career

Greens

thumb|right|Petrovic (11th right) and Green leadership campaigning for the [[2013 Austrian legislative election]]

From 1986 to 1987 Petrovic was politically engaged in the Döbling Greens. Petrovic additionally served as the state spokeswoman of the Lower Austria party branch for 13 years.

Independent

In early 2024 she announced her intention to run on her own platform in the upcoming general elections. On 14 May 2024, Petrovic officially formed her own party, the Madeleine Petrovic List with the majority of her party's members being former members of the Greens and members of the association "Greens for Fundamental Rights and Freedom of Information" (; GGI). previously known as the "Greens against Compulsory Vaccination & 2G" ().

Petrovic announced her intention that her list plans to participate in the 2024 Austrian legislative election announcing they collected all 2,600 signatures to participate in the elections in August.

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