Herbert Kohlmaier

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Herbert Kohlmaier (born December 29, 1934 in Vienna ) is an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ).

Live and act

Herbert Kohlmaier graduated from Laa an der Thaya in 1952. When Dr. juris (1957) he worked as a social law expert in the Chamber of Labor and Social Insurance. From 1969 to 1988 he was a member of the National Council , from 1971 to 1975 General Secretary of the ÖVP, from 1978 to 1987 Federal Chairman of the ÖAAB , the ÖVP workers' organization, and from 1988 to 1995 Ombudsman of the Republic of Austria. He volunteered to lead several organizations such as the Austrian Family Federation, the Austrian-Italian Society, the Disabled Sports Association and the Association for Media Culture. Together with like-minded people, including the ÖVP politicians Erhard Busek and Andreas Khol , he founded the reform movement “Laity Initiative” in the Catholic Church in 1998. He headed this initiative, which is supported by more than 13,000 people, from 2009 to 2011 and - after a break of several years - again until 2016. She calls for a contemporary church with active participation of the church people, furthermore the abolition of compulsory celibacy and the ordination of women initially as deacons .

In 1957 he married Edith Libanitz. He has four children with her and they have seven grandchildren together.

Since 1978 he has been an honorary member of the Catholic student association KÖStV Rudolfina Vienna in the ÖCV .

Awards

Works

  • Church liberation. Reforms that come from conscience. Edition Va Bene, Vienna et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-85167-260-2 .
  • Go on speaking to us, Rabbuni. Jesus' word for our time (= Editio ecclesia semper reformanda. Vol. 2). Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7022-2939-9 .
  • At the end of ideologies. Hope remains. Edition Va Bene, Vienna et al. 2005, ISBN 3-85167-181-3 .
  • Floating reality. Esotericism and Christianity - a contradiction? An invitation to think. Edition Va Bene, Vienna et al. 2001, ISBN 3-85167-112-0 .
  • Elegy on black. A political denomination. Edition Va Bene, Vienna et al. 1999, ISBN 3-85167-086-8 .
  • as editor: Disobedience - Festschrift for Helmut Schüller with Rotraud Perner, aaptos Verlag Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-901499-20-3 .
  • From the political diaries of H. Kohlmaier in: Robert Kriechbaumer, Die Ära Kreisky , Böhlau Verlag Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-205-77262-8 .
  • How could a redevelopment concept for Rome look like , in: (HF Köck, H. Kohlmaier - ed.) Thoughts on Faith and Time, Contributions primarily to Church Reform, No. 138, January 17, 2015
  • Church lust instead of frustration - the possible faith of tomorrow. Edition especially Bene. Vienna et al. 2017, ISBN 978-3-85167-304-3

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ the standard: Away with celibacy, with women
  2. ↑ a b List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)
  3. ↑ After reproach: Kohlmaier returns papal order , orf.at, December 18, 2010

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personal data
SURNAME Kohlmaier, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna