Jörg Iro

Jörg Iro (born September 16, 1926 in Vienna ; † January 14, 2017 there ) was an Austrian politician .

Life

Jörg Iro attended from 1932 to 1936 in Vienna's sixth district Mariahilf the elementary school and subsequently, 1936-1944, also in Mariahilf, the Humanist school . Iro studied theology for three semesters from 1945 to 1946 , but dropped out. He changed subjects, studied law at the University of Vienna from 1947 to 1950 and received his doctorate in 1950. In his subsequent judicial practice , which he acquired between 1950 and 1951, Iro worked at the Regional Court for Criminal Matters Vienna and at the courts in Vöcklabruck and Wels . After working five more years in Schwanenstadt and most recently in Vöcklabruck as a trainee , Iro opened his own law firm in Vöcklabruck in 1956, which he managed until his retirement in 1990.

Iro initially lived in Weyregg am Attersee , where he was the ÖVP local party chairman from 1952 to 1960. In 1960 he was elected district party chairman of the ÖVP for the Vöcklabruck district, a position he held for 15 years until 1975. At the same time he was elected chairman of the Austrian Association of Academics for Upper Austria in 1968.

But Jörg Iro was also deployed at the national political level. In December 1962 he was elected to the Federal Council as a member of the ÖVP . He exercised his mandate for almost twelve years, until October 1974. In the first half of 1966 he was President of the Federal Council. In October 1974 Iros moved to the National Council as VP MP . Here, however, he only had a relatively short term in office. Iro resigned from parliament after just seven months, in May 1975.

Since 1947 he was a member of the Catholic student union KaV Norica Vienna in the ÖCV .

Awards

1974: Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria

Web links

Jörg Iro on the website of the Austrian Parliament

predecessor	Office	successor
Theodor Eggendorfer	President of the Austrian Federal Council January 1, 1966 - June 30, 1966	Friedrich Gugg

Individual evidence

↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

personal data
SURNAME	Iro, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council, member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH	September 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	January 14, 2017
Place of death	Vienna

[1] List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)