Erich Reiter

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Erich Reiter (born July 13, 1944 in Fürstenfeld ; † June 10, 2015 ) was an Austrian lawyer , political scientist and ministerial official .

Life

Origin and studies

Erich Reiter came from Styria . He attended school in his hometown and was awarded the Styrian regional studies . From 1963 to 1972 he studied law and political science as well as geography , history and economics at the University of Graz and political science at the University of Vienna . 1969/70 he was chairman of the main committee of the Austrian student body at the University of Graz. In 1969 he was awarded a Dr. iur. doctorate and then in 1972 Dr. rer. pole. ( The federal function of the Austrian Bundesrat, a discussion of the reform efforts ).

Professional background

In 1972/73 he completed military service in the armed forces . Since 1989 he has been sergeant in the reserve. From 1969 he was a trainee judge and attorney and worked at the Steiermärkische Sparkasse , the Lower Austrian Chamber of Labor , the Financial Directorate (Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland) and the Vienna Tax Office . In 1977 he became deputy head of department in the Ministry of Science , and in 1980 he moved to the development aid department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . In 1982/83 he worked in the General Development Aid Department at the Federal Chancellery . From 1984 to 1989 he was also a member of the Advisory Board for Development Aid.

From 1983 to 1985 he was the office manager of Defense Minister Friedhelm Frischenschlager (FPÖ). From 1986/87 he headed the presidential and legal section in the Federal Ministry for National Defense . In 1992 he became section head . From 1997 to 2006 he was then head of the Military Science Office (MWB) and commissioner for strategic studies . From 2001 to 2006 he was director of security policy and was also a member of the National Security Council . From 2002 to 2004 he was a representative of the Federal Ministry for National Defense in the Council for Questions of Austrian Integration and Foreign Policy.

Scientific and other activities

From 1978 to 1984 he was head of the Ludwig Bolzmann Institute for Science Research and from 1984 to 1988 for Political Sociology, after which he was a consultant. In 1984 he became a lecturer at the University of Klagenfurt and in 1987 at the University of Graz, where he was appointed honorary professor for international economic and social comparisons in 1999 . He was also a member of a commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . Reiter was the author / editor of numerous political science books.

Reiter was a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, Vice President of the Austrian Society for Political and Strategic Studies and Executive President of the Central European Nations Cooperation in Peace Support (CENCOOP). The United States Army Court of Military Review made him an honorary member. He was also a long board member of the International Society for Defense Law and Martial Law and editor of the yearbook for international security policy .

He was president of the cultural association at Semmering.

Political commitment

Reiter was a member of the FPÖ for years and was regarded as the party's liberal thought leader. After Jörg Haider's election , he broke with his party spiritually. Nevertheless, he tried to enforce liberal ideas about the Attersee district . From 1992 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2006 he was President of the FPÖ-affiliated Liberal Club in Vienna. He finally resigned from the FPÖ due to the unstoppable shift to the right, but at the same time stayed away from the Liberal Forum around Heide Schmidt . Instead, in 2005 he was the founding president of the International Institute for Liberal Politics Vienna (IILP), a pro-European think tank promoting liberal politics.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Program and program development of the FPÖ (= Austrian series for law and political science . Volume 5). Braumüller, Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-7003-0323-8 .
  • with Friedhelm Frischenschlager : Liberalism in Europe (= Ex radice ). Herold Verlag, Vienna a. a. 1984, ISBN 3-7008-0248-X .
  • Skepticism about technology and new parties. Political consequences of an "alternative" image of technology in Austria (= studies on politics and administration . Volume 16). Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 1987, ISBN 3-205-08904-9 .
  • The Austrians and their armed forces. Analysis of a study on attitudes towards questions of national defense (= series of publications on the political culture of Austria . Volume 3). Neuf, Vienna 1987.
  • Austrian security and defense policy. Articles and essays (= legal and social science series . Volume 5). Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-631-45549-6 .
  • Neutrality or NATO. The security policy consequences of Austria's European task (= research on security policy ). Styria, Graz a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-222-12500-7 .
  • Perspectives on global strategic development. The end of the Yalta order . Mittler, Hamburg a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-8132-0811-7 .

Editorships

  • with Andreas Mölzer : The future of a European security system? (= Edition topics ). Stocker, Graz a. a. 1994, ISBN 3-7020-0684-2 .
  • Limits of the right to self-determination. The reorganization of Europe and the right of peoples to self-determination (= research on security policy ). Styria, Graz a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-222-12511-2 .
  • Europe's security policy in a global context (= legal and social science series . Volume 17). Lang, Frankfurt am Main a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-631-30819-1 .
  • Austria and NATO. The security policy situation in Austria after NATO expansion (= research on security policy . No. 2). Styria, Graz a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-222-12618-6 .
  • Measures for international peacekeeping (= research on security policy . No. 3). Styria, Graz a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-222-12619-4 .
  • with Gerald Schöpfer : Economy and Security Policy (= research on security policy . No. 4). Styria, Graz a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-222-12749-2 .
  • The war for Kosovo 1998/99 . v. Hase and Koehler, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-7758-1386-1 .
  • with Heinz Gärtner : Small states and alliances . Physica Verlag, Heidelberg u. a. 2001, ISBN 3-7908-1403-2 .
  • Crisis areas in Europe (= research on security policy . Volume 5). Mittler, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-8132-0782-X .
  • with Reinhardt Rummel, Peter Schmidt: Europe's distant armed forces. Chances and difficulties of the European Union in the development of the ESDP (= research on security policy . Volume 6). Mittler, Hamburg a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-8132-0787-0 .
  • with Reinhard Selten : To solve the Kosovo conflict. The application of the scenario bundle analysis in conflict management . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2003, ISBN 3-8329-0281-3 .
  • with Peter Hazdra: The impact of Asian power on global development. With 7 tables . Physica Verlag, Heidelberg u. a. 2004, ISBN 3-7908-0092-9 .
  • with Predrag Jureković: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Europe's Balkan Policy on the Test Stand . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2005, ISBN 3-8329-1218-5 .
  • Security policy and strategic aspects of Turkey joining the European Union (= Politik aktuell . Volume 2). Lit, Vienna a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-8258-8690-5 .
  • Europe without security? Opportunities and risks of a European security and defense policy (= Austria: Research and Science, Political Science . Volume 3). Lit, Vienna a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0314-8 .
  • The secession conflicts in Georgia (= series of publications on international politics . Volume 1). Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78325-1 .
  • The Nagorno-Karabakh War. Crisis and conflict management in the Caucasus region (= series of publications on international politics . Volume 2). Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78404-3 .
  • Conflict Management in Central Asia (= series of publications on international politics . Volume 3). Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2010, ISBN 978-3-205-78565-1 .
  • Development scenarios in Eastern Europe - with a focus on Ukraine (= series of publications on international politics . Volume 4). Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78709-9 .
  • Problems and approaches in the Transnistrian conflict (= series of publications on international politics . Volume 5). Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2012, ISBN 978-3-205-78842-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lukas Kapelle: The loneliness of the liberals . derStandard.at, October 13, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Reiter, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer, political scientist and ministerial official
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenfeld
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 2015