After a sports career as a figure skater in her youth[2] – she became Austrian champion in ice dancing with Adrian Perco in 1971 – she studied history of art and archaeology at the University of Vienna, the Sorbonne and the École du Louvre in Paris.
Husslein admitted various allegations and paid 30,000 euros in damages to Belvedere; on the basis of this, otherwise criminally relevant actions were not pursued further because of actual remorse [de].
At the end of July 2016, it was published that the Chancellor's Office Minister Thomas Drozda (SPÖ) would not renew Husslein's service contract.
In autumn 2018, she was elected president of the Austrian National Committee of Blue Shield International, succeeding Ursula Stenzel.
[7][8] For billionaire Heidi Horten, she is currently overseeing the construction of a museum to showcase her private art collection in the Hanuschhof [de] in Vienna from 2022.