Josef Pongratz

Josef Pongratz

Josef Pongratz (born February 21, 1863 in Eibiswald ; † November 26, 1931 in Graz ) was an Austrian politician of the SDAP .

After attending elementary school, Pongratz completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Graz, joined the association of carpenters' assistants in 1879 and soon became its first social democratic chairman. In 1890 Pongratz was one of the co-founders of the social democratic newspaper Arbeiterwille . From 1891 he acted as secretary, from 1910 to 1925 as director of the district health insurance fund in Graz (today the Styrian regional health insurance fund ).

As a representative of the Social Democrats, Pongratz was a member of the Graz municipal council from 1900 to 1913 and 1918 to 1924, and a member of the Austrian Reichsrat from 1907 to 1914 and 1917/18 . From October 1918 to February 1919 he was a member of the Provisional National Assembly and then from December 1920 to November 1923 the Federal Council . From November 1918 to December 1930 he acted as Deputy Governor in Styrian regional politics.

literature

• A. Schuller:  Pongratz Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 192.
• Bernhard R. Reismann, Franz Mittermüller: Stadtlexikon (= History of the City of Graz, Vol. 4, Graz 2003), 389.

Web links

• Short biography
• Josef Pongratz on the website of the Austrian Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ^ Josef Pongratz on the website of the Austrian Parliament
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