Hermann Rainer
Hermann Rainer (born May 13, 1896 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm , Salzburg ; † October 13, 1983 in Salzburg , Salzburg) was an Austrian politician ( CSP , later ÖVP ).
Life
After attending elementary and community school , Hermann Rainer found work as an employee in agriculture and forestry in 1912. From 1915 to 1918 he also served as a soldier in the First World War . After the war he worked in various private companies, before he became an employee of the club health insurance fund in Salzburg in 1929.
In the mid-1920s, Rainer first achieved political dignity when he was elected to the municipal council of Schwarzach im Pongau for the Christian Social Party (CSP) . In 1931 he was elected to the Salzburg municipal council and in 1935 he was appointed city council .
In 1938 Rainer, who had always spoken out against the Anschluss of Austria , was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp . He was a prisoner there for two years, including nine months in strict solitary confinement. In 1940 he was released, but banned from entering the Reichsgau Salzburg. Rainer went to Vienna , where he had to do forced labor for a construction company until 1945 . After the war he returned to Salzburg, where he was still director of the Salzburg agricultural health insurance fund in 1945.
In 1945, Rainer was elected regional party leader of the newly founded Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). Within the ÖVP he was a member of the Austrian Workers' Union , whose chairman he was from 1945 to 1953.
In December 1945 Rainer joined the National Council for the ÖVP , of which he was a member for ten years until January 1955. In 1954, governor Josef Klaus called into the Salzburg provincial government, in which Rainer served as provincial councilor from December 1954 to July 1959 . He last became a member of the Federal Council in July 1959 . His mandate in the Federal Council was short-lived, however, as Rainer resigned from the second Austrian Chamber of Parliament in December 1959 after only five months.
He was last raised to the rank of government councilor in 1964 .
In 1970 he was awarded the Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Salzburg .
Web links
- Hermann Rainer on the website of the Austrian Parliament
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| SURNAME | Rainer, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (CSP, ÖVP), member of the National Council, member of the Federal Council |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saalbach-Hinterglemm , Salzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1983 |
| Place of death | Salzburg , Salzburg |