Emil Nesler

Emil Nesler (* March 12, 1894 in Bludenz ; † August 9, 1981 ibid) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ) and master locksmith . In 1945 Nesler was a member of the Vorarlberg State Committee for the SPÖ and was entrusted with the work department.

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Emil Nesler was born on March 12, 1894 as the son of the railway employee Michael Nesler and his wife Paulina in the Vorarlberg district capital Bludenz. After attending elementary and community school in his hometown, he completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith from 1908 to 1911. From 1915 to 1917 Nesler did military service in the First World War before he was dismissed from the military in 1917 as a war invalid. In 1922 Emil Nesler was elected for the first time as a councilor in the Vorarlberg Chamber for Workers and Salaried Employees . At that time he was also a functionary in the Free Trade Union. He stayed in both until 1926, when he and his brother opened their own metalworking business. On June 20, 1927, he married Maria Jungbauer, who was born in Linz.

During the time of the Nazi dictatorship in Austria , Emil Nesler was actively involved in the Austrian democratic resistance movement and was involved in the NSDAP's "storming of the district leadership " in Bludenz on May 3, 1945. He was also a member of the committee of four of the Austrian democratic movement in Bludenz as a representative of the SPÖ. Subsequently, he was appointed by the later governor Ulrich Ilg as a member of the SPÖ in the provisional Vorarlberg state committee , the predecessor of the later state government authorized by the French occupation forces. In the state committee, after being sworn in on May 24, 1945, until the transition to an ordinary state government on December 10 of the same year, he was responsible for the labor department.

From 1947 to 1957, Nesler was subsequently elected chamber councilor for the trade section of the Vorarlberg Chamber of Commerce . In 1957 he was also awarded the professional title of Commercial Councilor. From 1959 he was the owner of the Emil Nesler & Co.

Web links

• Emil Nesler's biography (PDF; 97 kB) in the parliamentary documents of the Vorarlberg Landtag.