Ferdinand Graf

Ferdinand Graf (born June 15, 1907 in Klagenfurt , † September 8, 1969 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ).

Life

The trained electrical engineer was involved early on in the Christian Social Party and later in the Fatherland Front . After the National Socialists came to power , he was arrested and held in the Dachau concentration camp from 1938 to 1940 .

In 1945, Graf became State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior and a member of the Federal Council until 1949 . From 1949 to 1962 he was a member of the National Council .

Finally, in 1956, he became the first Austrian defense minister of the Second Republic . He held this office until 1961.

Graf was a member of the student associations Karantania Klagenfurt in the Mittelschüler-Kartell-Verband (MKV) and Babenberg Klagenfurt in the MKV.

He was an honorary member of the Catholic student associations KÖStV Traungau Graz and KÖStV Nibelungia Vienna in the ÖCV .

Ferdinand Graf on the website of the Austrian Parliament
Archive recordings with Ferdinand Graf in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (interviews, parliamentary debates, radio broadcasts)

personal data
SURNAME	Count, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician (ÖVÜ), Minister of Defense, Member of the National Council, member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH	June 15, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Klagenfurt
DATE OF DEATH	September 8, 1969
Place of death	Vienna