Eduard Chaloupka
Eduard Chaloupka (born August 11, 1902 in Vienna ; † September 5, 1967 there ) was a lawyer and top civil servant in post-war Austria.
Life
Chaloupka joined the Lower Austrian provincial service in 1927 (lecturer for poor relief and secretary to Oskar Helmer, deputy governor ). From 1934 he worked in the newly created Federal Commissioner for Human Resources in the Federal Chancellery . After the Anschluss in 1938 he was arrested several times and dismissed from civil service. He was involved in the founding and work of active resistance cells against the National Socialists. In 1945 he returned to the civil service. From 1946 he was head of the presidency, from 1947 until his death he was section head in the Federal Chancellery .
Eduard Chaloupka was a member and founding boy of the Catholic student associations K.ö.St.V. Frankonia Wien in the MKV and KAV Bajuvaria Wien in the ÖCV . In the Bajuvaria Chaloupka held top positions not only as a student, but throughout his life, from 1929 to 1967 he was the Philistine Senior. Chaloupka served as chairman of the ÖCV advisory board from 1955 until his death in 1967. For his services he was posthumously awarded the highest honor of the ÖCV , the ribbon “in vestigiis Wollek” . At the time of his death he was a member of 12 Catholic student associations (9 in the ÖCV, 2 in the MKV and one in the KÖL ).
His grave is in the area of the honorary graves in the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Awards (chronological)
- 1933: Austrian War Memorial Medal
- 1933: Hungarian World War II Commemorative Medal
- 1934: Papal Cross of Honor Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
- 1935: Decoration of honor 2nd class from the Red Cross
- 1936: Knight's Cross of the Austrian Order of Merit
- 1953: Commander's Cross of the Papal Order of Gregory
- 1954: Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1955: Large Cross of Merit with star and shoulder ribbon of the German Order of Merit
- 1955: Grand Officer of the Grand Ducal Luxembourg Order of the Oak Crown
- 1955: Grand Officer of the Royal Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau
- 1955: Grand Cross of the Cambodian Order Sahamatrei
- 1956: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Ethiopia
- 1957: Grand Officer of the Royal Greek Order of George I.
- 1957: Magistral Grand Cross of the Sovereign Order of Malta (1955 Magistral Knight)
- 1958: Grand Cross of the Princely Liechtenstein Order of Merit
- 1959: Large silver medal with the star for services to the Republic of Austria
- 1959: Imperial Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class
- 1959: Grand Cross of the Argentine May Order
- 1959: Grand Cross of the Royal Belgian Order Leopold II.
- 1960: Grand Cross of the Imperial Iranian Homayoun Order
- 1960: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1961: Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honor
- 1961: Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish North Star Order
- 1961: Grand Cross of the Finnish Order of Lions
- 1962: Grand Cross of the Royal Danish Danebrog Order
- 1962: Grand Cross of the Royal Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau
- 1963: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Sovereign Order of Malta
- 1963: Grand Cross of the Liberian Order of African Liberation
- 1964: Austrian Olympic medal
- 1964: Order of the Crown of Thailand, 1st class
- 1966: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olaf
- 1967: Order of the Yugoslav flag, 1st class (on ribbon)
- 1978: Posthumous badge of honor for services to the liberation of Austria
Web links
- Entry on Eduard Chaloupka in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Literature by and about Eduard Chaloupka in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Austrian Cartel Association: Eduard Chaloupka , accessed on October 12, 2018
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
- ^ Nicolaus Drimmel (Ed.): For people and faith life, Festschrift for Eduard Chaloupka , Vienna 2002; P. 221 ff.
- ^ Nicolaus Drimmel (Ed.): For people and faith life, Festschrift for Eduard Chaloupka , Vienna 2002; P. 228.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chaloupka, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian lawyer and civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 1967 |
| Place of death | Vienna |