Harald Ofner

Harald Ofner (2014)

Harald Ofner (born October 25, 1932 in Vienna ) is an Austrian lawyer and politician ( FPÖ ).

Life

Harald Ofner attended the National Political Education Institute in Traiskirchen near Vienna from 1942 to 1945 . Then he learned the profession of heavy current fitter. He attended a high school and then completed a law degree (Dr. iur. 1958). From 1965 he worked as a lawyer .

His political career began in Ofner council of Mödling . From 1976 to 1986 he was regional party leader of the FPÖ Lower Austria. From 1979–1983 and 1986–2002 he was a member of the National Council. From 1983 to 1987 Ofner was Austrian Minister of Justice in the governments of Fred Sinowatz and Franz Vranitzky .

In 2000 Ofner defended Peter Paul Rainer , who in 1997 shot the former party chairman of the South Tyrolean FPÖ offshoot " Die Freiheitlichen " Christian Waldner . Despite Ofner's efforts, Rainer was extradited to Italy shortly after his arrest in Vienna-Rudolfsheim .

Awards

Trivia

In the course of the Lucona affair , the then Justice Minister Ofner made the following statement in a parliamentary debate:

"The soup is too thin."

What he meant was that there was insufficient evidence to support charges. This saying has since been used in the judicial and journalistic circles for similar cases.

Web links

Commons : Harald Ofner - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Harald Ofner on the website of the Austrian Parliament
Entry on Harald Ofner in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Audio recordings with Harald Ofner in the online archive of the Austrian Mediathek (speeches, radio reports)

Individual evidence

↑ Sebastian Pumberger: "The individual is nothing, the community is everything." ( http://www.gedenkdienst.at/index.php?id=624 )
^ Federal Ministry for National Defense press release of April 12, 2002: Military merit mark to 3rd National Council President Fasslabend, BM a. D. Abg. Ofner and to Abg. a. D. Tychtl awarded. Last accessed on December 13, 2017
^ Decision of the Federal Communications Senate of March 14, 2002, p. 7 PDF ( Memento of December 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
↑ "The soup is too thin" - two months conditionally for Mensdorff , OÖ Nachrichten on www.nachrichten.at , January 17, 2013

personal data
SURNAME	Ofner, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian lawyer and politician (FPÖ), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH	October 25, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Sebastian Pumberger: "The individual is nothing, the community is everything." ( http://www.gedenkdienst.at/index.php?id=624 )

[2] Federal Ministry for National Defense press release of April 12, 2002: Military merit mark to 3rd National Council President Fasslabend, BM a. D. Abg. Ofner and to Abg. a. D. Tychtl awarded. Last accessed on December 13, 2017

[3] Decision of the Federal Communications Senate of March 14, 2002, p. 7 PDF ( Memento of December 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

[4] "The soup is too thin" - two months conditionally for Mensdorff , OÖ Nachrichten on www.nachrichten.at , January 17, 2013