Ferdinand Skaret

Ferdinand Skaret

Ferdinand Skaret (born September 10, 1862 in Iglau , Moravia , † January 3, 1941 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician ( SDAP ) and trade unionist .

Life

Skaret completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter after elementary school and worked as a carpenter in Vienna from 1880. He joined the professional association of carpenters and became union secretary and editor of the "Tischler-Zeitung". He was also the secretary of the Social Democratic Labor Party in Vienna. In 1892 he became chairman of the newly founded woodworkers' association. He was a close confidante of Victor Adler and played a key role in developing the SDAP into a democratic mass party .

From 1906 to 1923 he was a member of the Vienna City Council (from 1919 club chairman), and in 1918 he was a city councilor for a short time. He was also active in the executive branch of the Socialist International and held international trade union functions. From 1907 to 1918 he was a member of the Reichsrat , 1918/19 a member of the Provisional National Assembly, 1919/20 of the Constituent National Assembly and from 1920 to 1930 a member of the National Council .

After his death, he was buried in the cemetery of the Simmering fire hall (Department 6, Ring 1, Group 5, Number 86). The grave has since been abandoned.

literature

• Wolfgang Maderthaner :  Skaret Ferdinand. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 318.

Web links

• Ferdinand Skaret on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Biographical data of Ferdinand Skaret in the Biographical Handbook of the Lower Austrian Parliament 1861–1921
• Ferdinand Skaret. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)