Josef Rainer (politician, 1881)

Josef Rainer 1947

Josef Rainer (born July 12, 1881 in Deutschlandsberg , Styria , † February 4, 1962 there ) was an Austrian politician (non-attached).

Life

Josef Rainer was a farmer and winegrower who ran his own farm in Burgegg , then an independent cadastral community of today's town of Deutschlandsberg, until 1938 ( vlg. Nebelhansl) and then on the "Burgeggerberg" (vlg. Schafferhiasl) until his death .

In 1910 Josef Rainer was elected mayor of Burgegg, and he held the office for 25 years until 1935. From 1919 to 1920 Josef Rainer was also briefly a non-attached member of the Styrian state parliament . After a seven-year hiatus, he again entered the Styrian state parliament in 1927, a mandate he held until 1932.

At the federal level, Josef Rainer was from April 27, 1934 until its dissolution on May 2, 1934 - for only six days - a member of the Landbund in the Federal Council in Vienna .

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  Josef Rainer with his wife, mother and siblings in the Nebelhansl room around 1910.

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  Josef Rainer (left) with extended family around 1913

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  Josef Rainer with his wife Anna, mother Josefa, daughter Maria, son Josef around 1914

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  Josef Rainer (right) with his wife Anna, daughter Maria, son Josef around 1925

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  Josef Rainer (2nd row, 4th from left) as member of the Styrian state parliament in Graz in 1931

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  Josef Rainer (1st row, 2nd from right) in the Federal Council in Vienna in 1934

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  Josef and Anna Rainer around 1960

Honors

• 1935 honorary citizenship of the Burgegg community

Web links

Commons : Josef Rainer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Josef Rainer on the website of the Austrian Parliament (wrong photo, it doesn't show Josef Rainer!)