Viola was born in Werther, North Rhine-Westphalia as the elder daughter of restaurant owner Hartwig Gehring and his wife Margit.
Viola von Cramon graduated from Ratsgymnasium Bielefeld in 1989. From 1990 to 1991 she did an internship in field of Agriculture at Demeter Charity Organization in Upper Bavaria. From 1992 to 1993, she was an Erasmus Scholar at Wye College in Kent Country followed by the Language and Study visit to Russia in 1993, traineeship in Voronezh and Belgorod within the World Bank Feasibility study project in 1994 and study visit to Estonia in 1995.
In 1996, von Cramon was employed as an assistant to the Ukrainian Government within the economic-political project of German Government in Kyiv. She continued studies and graduated from University of Bonn in 1997 with a degree in Agricultural economics. From 1993 to 1996, parallel to her studies and professional activities, she lectured at Agra-Europe and other publishing houses.

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