Franz Winkler

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Buresch's Cabinet with Federal President Wilhelm Miklas (1932)

Franz Winkler (born March 20, 1890 in Zwickau in Bohemia , † October 16, 1945 in Graz ) was an Austrian politician ( Landbund ).

Franz Winkler worked as an estate official in Bohemia, then as an official in Tyrol and Styria . He was a member of the Styrian state parliament and a member of the Styrian state government. From 1932 he was Reich Party Chairman of the Landbund.

From 1930 to 1934 Winkler was a member of the National Council . From 1930 to 1933 he held the office of Federal Minister for Internal Affairs. In 1933 he broke with Dollfuss . In 1934 he fled to Czechoslovakia and conspired with the NSDAP as part of the July coup in order to regain political influence in Austria. After the “ Anschluss ” he returned to Austria.

Works

  • The dictatorship in Austria . Orell Füssli, Zurich-Leipzig 1935, ( World Power Problems 6).

literature

  • Franz Schausberger : Last chance for democracy. The formation of the Dollfuss I government in May 1932. Break of the Austrian proportional democracy . Böhlau, Wien et al. 1993, ISBN 3-205-98050-6 , ( Studies on the history of Christian-social parties 1), pp. 152–153.

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personal data
SURNAME Winkler, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (Landbund), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwickau in Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1945
Place of death Graz