Josef Hesoun

Josef "Jolly" Hesoun (born April 12, 1930 in Vösendorf ; † August 28, 2003 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician ( SPÖ ) and Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs.

Life

Josef Hesoun learned to be a car mechanic . First he worked at the Wienerberger company . He was involved in the trade union and the Chamber of Labor . In 1974 he became President of the Chamber for Workers and Salaried Employees for Lower Austria and held this position until 1991. From 1979 to 1990 he was a member of the National Council . In 1987 he became Vice President of the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB) . From 1990 to 1995 he was Federal Minister for Labor and Social Affairs.

As the most negative experience of his career, he described the accusation of the SPÖ member of the National Council, Waltraud Schütz , that Hesoun had reached into her back . Hesoun denied the allegations, which led to widespread media coverage at the time.

Awards

• 1983: Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 1994: Great Golden Decoration on Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From auto mechanic to minister. Retrieved March 27, 2013 . 
2. ^ Mourning in Austria: Ex-Minister Hesoun has passed away. Retrieved March 27, 2013 . 
3. ^ Josef "Jolly" Hesoun - convinced socialist and worker representative. Retrieved March 27, 2013 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

Web links

• Josef Hesoun on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Entry on Josef Hesoun in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Josef Hesoun. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
• Entry on Josef Hesoun in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
• Radio reports with Josef Hesoun in the online archive of the Austrian Mediathek