Alfred Maleta

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Alfred Maleta (born January 15, 1906 in Mödling , Lower Austria ; † January 16, 1990 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian lawyer , politician ( ÖVP ) and businessman.

Life

Alfred Maleta and Kadish Luz , Israel 1966

Alfred Maleta graduated from high school in Linz with Geli Raubal , Hitler's niece. He then studied law at the University of Graz . This was followed by a court and law internship in Linz.

He was a Magistral Grand Cross Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta and a member of the K.Ö.St.V. Nibelungia 1901 Linz in the MKV and K.Ö.HV Carolina Graz in the ÖCV .

In 1934 he became the first secretary of the Upper Austria Chamber of Labor . He was active both in employee representation and in the Fatherland Front .

During the Nazi era , he was interned in the Dachau and Flossenbürg concentration camps from 1938 to 1941 , after which he did military service. While in captivity, Maleta is said to have planned the founding of the Austrian People's Party together with his fellow sufferers Leopold Figl and Alfons Gorbach for the time after the war . In 1949 he played a leading role in the Oberweis conference ; an attempt to win former leading National Socialists for the People's Party.

After the end of the war he became Ministerialrat in the Federal Ministry for Social Administration . Maleta was a member of the Austrian National Council from 1945 to 1975 and President of the National Council from 1961 to 1970 . From 1953 to 1962 he was club chairman of the ÖVP. Maleta was always considered a supporter of the grand coalition of ÖVP and SPÖ .

Vienna Central Cemetery - Grave of Honor of Alfred Maleta

He was Vice President of the Nouvelles Equipes Internationales (NEI), the association of Christian democratic parties in Europe (1955–1960). From 1960 he was federal chairman of the ÖAAB . In 1975 he was given the professional title of Professor by the Federal President .

In January 1990, Maleta suffered a stroke and died a few weeks later from its consequences. He was buried in Gmunden and in 2011 transferred to an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Maleta in the newspaper business

In 1945, Dr. Alfred Maleta one of the six partners in the newspaper “ Oberösterreichische Nachrichten ”, which was founded by the American occupation forces and handed over to unsuspicious private individuals a few months later . Over the next few years, Dr. Maleta finally to take over all shares in OÖNachrichten. After several years of costly competition with the " Tagespost " published by J. Wimmer KG, which had been published again since 1953 , the shareholders decided to merge the two newspapers. From January 1, 1955, the newspaper appeared as “Upper Austrian News United with Daily Mail”. Dr. Maleta had a 26% stake in the "Druckerei und Zeitungshaus J. Wimmer GmbH", which, in addition to newspaper printing and the publishing house, also ran a lucrative sheet-fed printing company. "Druckerei und Zeitungshaus J. Wimmer GmbH" was named as the publisher in the imprint ; de facto, however, Dr. Maleta turned off this feature. When he officially retired from his political position in 1975, Dr. Maleta also officially appeared in the newspaper's imprint as the editor . In 1986 Dr. Maleta donated 26% of J. Wimmer GmbH to Ing. Rudolf Andreas Cuturi, a direct descendant of the Wimmer family of printers and publishers. Ing.Cuturi took over the editor function, which he still holds today. During the Vienna Newspaper War, Alfred Maleta represented the interests of the ÖAAB (Austrian Workers' Association). He also succeeded in getting the ÖAAB to participate in the daily newspaper Kurier , of which Ludwig Polsterer was the main shareholder and publisher .

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • The socialist in Dollfuss Austria. An investigation of the workers question , Linz: Preßverein Linz 1936.
  • Decision for tomorrow. Christian democracy in the heart of Europe , Vienna a. a .: Molden 1968.
  • Coped with the past. Austria 1932–1945 , Graz: Styria 1981.
  • The way to the "Anschluss" 1938. Data and facts , Vienna: Karl-von-Vogelsang-Institut 1988.

literature

  • Ludwig Jedlicka: Dr. Alfred Maleta and the Social Working Group (SAG). In: Andreas Khol u. a. (Ed.): About parliament and party. Alfred Maleta on his 70th birthday, Graz a. a .: Styria 1976 (series of studies by the political academy of the Austrian People's Party; 1), pp. 69–84.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Die Presse: Alfred Maleta: The jump to the podium failed (January 16, 2010).
  2. ^ After 21 years: Honorary grave for Maleta (ORF Vienna, February 28, 2011).
personal data
SURNAME Maleta, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician, President of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Mödling
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1990
Place of death Salzburg