Franz Löschnak
Franz Löschnak (born March 4, 1940 in Vienna ) is an Austrian lawyer and politician of the SPÖ . From 1987 to 1989 he was Minister of Health in the Federal Government of Vranitzky II and then Minister of the Interior in the Federal Government of Vranitzky II, III and IV until 1995 . In the latter, however, he was replaced by Caspar Eine after six months .
Life
After graduating from Realgymnasium in 1958, he studied law at the University of Vienna , where Franz Löschnak received his "Dr. iur." PhD.
In 1959 he joined the community of Vienna. From 1964 he worked there at the municipal department for general personnel matters, from 1971 to 1977 as its head. In 1977 he became head of human resources and administrative organization for the municipality of Vienna. He received the title of Senate Council in 1973.
Since 1989 Löschnak was deputy party chairman of the SPÖ. For this party he was also a member of the National Council :
- February 7, 1981-31. May 1983 (XVth – XVIth legislative period)
- November 7, 1994-14. December 1994 (XIX GP)
- April 26, 1995-28. October 1999 (XIXth - XXth GP)
He also held several offices in the Austrian federal government :
- State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery (June 8, 1977– December 17, 1985)
- Federal Minister in the Federal Chancellery (December 17, 1985– March 31, 1987)
- Federal Minister for Health and Public Service (April 1, 1987– February 2, 1989)
- Federal Minister of the Interior (February 2, 1989– April 6, 1995)
Barrack camp in Kaisersteinbruch
The Salzburger Nachrichten of March 3, 1990 reported: The 200-inhabitant municipality of Kaisersteinbruch in Burgenland continues to fight against the relocation of 800 male Romanian refugee recruits to the barracks there, as ordered by Interior Minister Franz Löschnak .
On March 15, 1990, Romanians were required to have a visa , Kaisersteinbruch became a symbol in the media for narrowness, foreigners' lockout ... From this small place many expect what no one else is willing to give.
In 1992 Löschnak, as Minister of the Interior, succeeded in providing a so-called "security billion". This extraordinary Budge items in the amount of 1 billion shillings was for the equipment and increase the executive branch used. The main reason given was the opening of the Austrian eastern border in previous years.
“Memorial service” as a civil substitute service
On September 1, 1992, the first Austrian memorial servant began his service at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum . Through the initiatives of the historian Andreas Maislinger , Löschnak had created the legal basis for performing a memorial service in Holocaust memorials a year earlier .
Others
Franz Löschnak was President of the ASKÖ (1988–2005) and President of the Federal Sports Organization (1995–2007).
During his tenure as minister of the interior, among other things, the use of adhesive tape to gag prisoners was introduced, which came into the limelight years later in the Marcus Omofuma case .
Awards
- Large gold medal on ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Decoration of Honor of the Province of Burgenland
- Great decoration of the state of Salzburg
- Grand Cross of the Belgian Order of Leopold II.
literature
- Franz Löschnak , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 04/1998 of January 12, 1998, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
Web links
- Franz Löschnak on the website of the Austrian Parliament
- Entry on Franz Löschnak in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Franz Löschnak. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
- Radio reports with Franz Löschnak in the online archive of the Austrian Mediathek
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmuth Furch: Historisches Lexikon Kaisersteinbruch , 2004. P. 481.
- ^ Letter from Dr. Franz Löschnak to Dr. Andreas Maislinger: Remembrance service as a civil substitute service (May 16, 1991) ( Memento from January 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ New Carinthian Daily Newspaper , April 5, 1999
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Löschnak, Franz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian lawyer and politician (SPÖ), member of the National Council |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 4th 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |