Ernst Winsauer

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Ernst Winsauer (born February 27, 1890 in Dornbirn ; † November 28, 1962 in Bregenz ) was Governor of Vorarlberg .

Life

Ernst Winsauer attended secondary school in Dornbirn . During his school days he founded the KMV Siegberg Dornbirn on January 12, 1907. He studied chemistry at the TH Prague and had been a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Vandalia Prague since 1909 . From 1925 he was Vice President of the Vorarlberg Farmers Chamber. From July 17, 1929 to May 2, 1934 he was a mandate of the Christian Social Party in the National Council .

On July 24, 1934, he was appointed governor with the consent of Federal Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss . He held this office until March 1938. Immediately after the "Anschluss" of Austria , on March 13, 1938, his former classmate Anton Plankensteiner was appointed Gauleiter of the Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg by the Vorarlberg National Socialists .

In 1945 Winsau was Federal Councilor and Undersecretary of State for People's Nutrition in the Provisional State Government Renner . Until 1955 he was director of the “Chemical Research Institute of the State of Vorarlberg” in Bregenz.

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SURNAME Winsauer, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician, Vorarlberg governor of the first republic, member of the National Council and the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Dornbirn
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1962
Place of death Bregenz