Friedhelm Frischenschlager

Friedhelm Frischenschlager (2014)

Friedhelm Frischenschlager in 1984 as Austrian Defense Minister

Friedhelm Frischenschlager (born October 6, 1943 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian politician (initially FPÖ , from 1993 LIF ).

Life

After studying law at the University of Vienna (Dr. iur.) From 1963 to 1969 and active in university policy in the 1960s, Frischenschlager found his way to the National Council in the 1970s through Salzburg's local politics (1977 to 1983; 1986 to 1996). During the SPÖ-FPÖ coalition under Fred Sinowatz and Norbert Steger, he held the office of Federal Minister for National Defense (1983 to 1986).

Frischenschlager caused a stir in 1985 when he greeted Nazi war criminal Walter Reder , who was in command of the Marzabotto massacre , the worst war crime by German troops in Italy , with a handshake. Frischenschlager later regretted the lack of sensitivity in this matter.

From 1986 to 1990 he held the office of chairman of the FPÖ parliamentary club . In 1993 he left the FPÖ together with Heide Schmidt and other MPs because of differences over EC policy, the protection of minorities, the integration of immigrants and the political style and founded the Liberal Forum (LIF). From 1996 to 1999 Frischenschlager was a member of the LIF to the EU Parliament ( MEP ).

From 2005 to 2007, Frischenschlager was Secretary General of the umbrella organization UEF ( Union of European Federalists ).

In November 2007 Friedhelm Frischenschlager was elected the new federal chairman of the European federalists in Austria.

Awards

• 1986: Large gold medal on ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria
• Commander of the North Star Order

Web links

Commons : Friedhelm Frischenschlager  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Friedhelm Frischenschlager in the catalog of the German National Library
• Friedhelm Frischenschlager on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Entry on Friedhelm Frischenschlager in the Members' database of the European Parliament
• Entry on Friedhelm Frischenschlager in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Florian Wenninger: The Reder case: “The Reder affair remains of my political life.” Conversation with Defense Minister ret. D. Friedhelm Frischenschlager on the FPÖ, the war and shaking hands. In: Gedenkdienst (newspaper), issue 1/08, interview of December 14, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
• neuwal.com: "We are the spearhead of the democracy movement" - Mlinar and Frischenschlager stir up the LIF "
• Archive recordings with and about Friedhelm Frischenschlager in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ spiegel.de January 28, 1985: Prodigal Son
2. ↑ Barbara Tóth : The handshake. The Frischenschlager-Reder affair. Dissertation at the University of Vienna , Vienna 2010 ( full text (PDF; 1.5 MB), June 10, 2010.)
3. ↑ Die Presse: 1985: A handshake with fatal consequences. In: Die Presse , January 23, 2010.
4. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)