Friedrich Robak
Friedrich Robak (born December 16, 1913 in Vienna , † September 4, 1994 in Steinbrunn ) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ) and railroad worker. Robak represented the SPÖ in the Burgenland Landtag and in the Austrian National Council .
Life
Robak was born the son of the worker Friedrich Robak. His father was killed in World War I in 1914, after which he and his mother Antonia Robak, née Milalkovits, moved to their birthplace Stinkenbrunn. Robak attended elementary and community school and between 1938 and 1943 worked as a shunter for the Deutsche Reichsbahn . He was then drafted into the armed forces for military service until 1945 .
He was married and grew up speaking Croatian.
politics
In 1931 Robak was deputy regional falconer and district chairman of the Socialist Workers' Youth , in 1932 he became a member of the Socialist Party. Robak was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in 1935 for incitement and was illegally active for the Socialist Party from 1938 to 1945. After the Second World War, Robak became Vice Mayor of Stinkenbrunn in 1945 and held the office of mayor between 1946 and 1980 (Stinkenbrunn was renamed Steinbrunn in 1959). In addition, he had the function of provincial chairman of the socialist community representatives and was a member of the federal board of the Austrian Association of Municipalities. Robak held the office of district chairman of the SPÖ Eisenstadt within the party and was a member of the state party executive. He was also chairman of the supervisory board of the Burgenland consumer cooperative from 1946 to 1965.
Robak represented the SPÖ from December 13, 1945 to December 18, 1962 in the Burgenland Landtag and was then a member of the National Council from December 14, 1962 to November 4, 1975.
From 1955 to 1988 he was the founding president of the “Conference of Mayors and Vice Mayors of the Croatian and mixed-language municipalities of Burgenland”.
literature
- Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. Volume 2: (1945–1995) (= Burgenland Research. 76). Burgenland State Archives, Eisenstadt 1996, ISBN 3-901517-07-3 .
Web links
- Friedrich Robak on the website of the Austrian Parliament
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robak, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the National Council, member of the state parliament in Burgenland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th September 1994 |
| Place of death | Steinbrunn |