Johann Haider (politician, 1921)

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Federal Government Klaus II, Johann Haider, standing, third from the right.

Johann Haider (born October 8, 1921 in Ober Rosenauerwald ; † August 12, 1997 in Groß Gerungs ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ). Haider was a member of the Austrian National Council from 1962 to 1983 and State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1966 to 1968 .

Life

Haider attended grammar school after elementary school and graduated from high school in 1939 . He studied at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1951. Afterwards he worked as an employee and farmer. Haider worked from 1951 to 1961 as a councilor of the chamber for workers and employees in agriculture and forestry in Lower Austria and was the main district party chairman of the ÖVP Zwettl and from 1965 district party chairman of the ÖVP Groß Gerungs. In addition, he was active as chairman of the Austrian farmers' health insurance fund from 1965, was involved as chairman of the social insurance institute for farmers and was mayor of the market town of Groß Gerungs from 1968. He represented the ÖVP in the National Council from December 14, 1962 to May 18, 1983 and was also State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior from April 19, 1966 to January 19, 1968.

Haider caused a stir in 1972 when Bruno Kreisky read out a list of the contractors for the construction of the UN City in Vienna. Together with his party colleague Walter Suppan , he shouted “All Jews!” In the plenary hall. Both were spared resigning after the ÖVP rumored that the two MPs were drunk.

Haider had been a member of the Catholic student union K.Ö.St.V. since 1949. Nibelungia Vienna.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Markus Holzweber: Johann Haider (1921-1997). His life's work was rural social policy. In: Harald Hitz, Franz Pötscher and Erich Rabl (eds.), Waldviertler Biographien, Volume 3 (= series of publications by the Waldviertler Heimatbund 52, Horn / Waidhofen an der Thaya 2010) pp. 441–472.
  2. ↑ Herbert Lackner : A fateful affair / contemporary history: "Predators in human form". In: profil 11/2000, March 13, 2000, p. 38
  3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

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SURNAME Haider, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Upper Rosenauerwald
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1997
Place of death Great Gerungs