Johann Josef Dengler

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Johann Josef Dengler (born July 1, 1921 in St. Georgen am Steinfelde , Lower Austria ; † February 6, 2011 in Vienna ) was an Austrian diplomat.

After serving in the German armed forces and as a prisoner of war in Russia, Dengler studied law and philology at the University of Vienna and became a Dr. iur.

He then joined the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (BMfAA) and joined the personnel department in 1951. In 1952 he was in Prague, 1953–1957 in Stockholm and 1957–1960 advisor in the South Tyrol department of the BMfAA; in the latter function he also kept secret contact with the terrorist liberation committee in South Tyrol . From 1961 to 1974 he was consul general in Zagreb. 1974–1978 he was department head of the economic and transport section. From 1978 to 1982 he served as the Austrian ambassador in Budapest and from 1982 to 1986 as ambassador to Helsinki. From 1986 to 1989 he was Deputy Executive Secretary of the Vienna Follow- Up Meeting of the CSCE .

Ambassador Dengler was particularly involved in questions of regional foreign and cultural policy and holds honorary functions in this area, such as that of President of the Austrian Cultural Talks and the Austrian-Croatian Society. He also regularly published articles for the Kleine Zeitung in Graz and for the daily newspapers Die Presse and Der Standard in Vienna .

He had been a member of the ÖAAB since 1947 . At an advanced age he was editor of the newspaper Zur Zeit together with John Gudenus (FPÖ) and Andreas Mölzer (FPÖ) .

Since 1948 he was a member of the Catholic student union KaV Norica Vienna in the ÖCV .

His son Veit Dengler is a manager in the media sector.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ambassador Johann Josef Dengler has passed away . Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Leopold Steurer : Propaganda in the "liberation struggle". In: Hannes Obermair et al. (Ed.): Regional civil society in motion - Cittadini innanzi tutto. Festschrift for / Scritti in onore di Hans Heiss. Folio Verlag, Vienna / Bozen 2012, ISBN 978-3-85256-618-4 , pp. 386-400, reference: p. 395.
  3. ↑ The euro rights pilgrims to Austria . News from the far right - November 2001.
  4. ↑ Complete directory of the ÖCV 2004, IV - 79
  5. ^ Bernhard Odehnal: The "Negro conglomerate" was too much even for its own party. In: Tages-Anzeiger from April 8, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Dengler, Johann Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Georgen am Steinfelde , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 2011
Place of death Vienna