Josef Brunauer junior

Josef Brunauer junior (born August 4, 1921 in Salzburg ; † September 9, 1999 ibid) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ), trade unionist and President of the Chamber of Labor. From 1956 to 1983 he was a member of the Salzburg state parliament .

education and profession

Brunauer first attended elementary school in Salzburg and then completed a secondary school in his place of birth. He began an apprenticeship as a carpenter in 1937 and continued his education at the commercial advanced training school. After completing his apprenticeship, he became a carpenter journeyman, and in 1941 he was called up for military service in World War II . He was in the military until 1944, but in 1942 he spent two months in political prison. In 1944 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets, from which he was only able to return in 1947. After his return from the war he was employed as secretary of the construction and woodworkers ' union from 1948, in 1966 he took over the office of president of the Salzburg Chamber of Labor , and from 1967 to 1984 he was chairman of the Salzburg State Executive of the Austrian Trade Union Confederation. In 1982 he resigned from his position as President of the Salzburg Chamber of Labor.

Politics and functions

Brunauer was active between 1937 and 1939 as a member of the illegal youth of the Revolutionary Socialists and was active as a member of the Red Unity Youth from 1939 to 1941. After his return from captivity, he joined the SPÖ in 1948 and between 1966 and 1984 was a member of the state party executive of the Salzburg Social Democrats. Furthermore, Brunauer was a member of the state party presidium of the SPÖ-Salzburg from 1970 to 1976 and from 1978 to 1984. He also worked from 1954 to 1984 as a councilor of the Salzburg Chamber of Labor and from 1959 was chairman of the parliamentary group of socialist trade unionists. In the Salzburg state parliament he represented the SPÖ between July 4, 1956 and October 18, 1983.

Brunauer also held the office of Vice President of the Salzburg Red Cross from 1978 to 1999 , and was a member of the Sparkasse Committee of the Salzburger Sparkasse from 1975 to 1979 .

Awards

• Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1974)
• Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Salzburg (1983)

literature

• Richard Voithofer: Political Elites in Salzburg. A biographical handbook from 1918 to the present (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political and Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 32). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77680-2 .