Josef Taus

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Josef Taus (born February 8, 1933 in Vienna ) is an Austrian industrialist, manager and former politician ( ÖVP ).

Life

Josef Taus comes from a humble background, was socialized as a Catholic during the war, and completed his academic training as a student trainee. Before completing his law studies at the University of Vienna , Taus worked as a business editor for the Wiener Zeitung , was involved in the ÖAAB and wrote speeches for Finance Ministers Eduard Heilingsetzer and Josef Klaus . After completing his studies, he began to work at the Institute for Social Policy and Social Reform, which later became Dr. Karl Kummer Institute , where he met his mentor at the time, the social politician and philosopher Karl Lugmayer . For many years, Taus was chairman of the Dr. Karl Kummer Institute.

Taus was in the federal government Klaus II (1966-67) State Secretary for Transport and Nationalized Industry. Taus, also respected by the political opponents of the SPÖ , was from 1967 to 1975, i.e. also under the chancellorship of Bruno Kreisky, chairman of the supervisory board of ÖIG and ÖIAG . From 1968 to 1975 he was chairman of the board of the Girozentrale of the Austrian savings banks , where he had previously held top positions.

From 1975 to 1979 he was federal party leader of the Austrian People's Party, from 1975 to 1991 a member of the National Council and an economic expert of the ÖVP. On January 17, 1978, he took over from Stephan Koren at the side of the executive chairman Alois Mock, the office of chairman of the ÖVP parliamentary club , which he handed over to Mock on July 7, 1979. In the national elections in Austria in 1975 and 1979 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Federal Chancellor .

As a result, Taus held top positions at Constantia Industrieholding AG , founded in 1969 by the industrialist Herbert Turnauer . The restructuring of KTM AG failed at the end of the 1980s and there was a conflict-ridden separation from Turnauer. In 1989, Taus left the Turnauer Group together with fellow board members Manfred Leeb and Herbert W. Liaunig . With the newly founded MTH they wanted to set up an Austrian private group and buy troubled companies ( Management Trust Holding AG ). Since then, Taus has withdrawn more and more from politics. His involvement in Eastern European mobile phone companies together with Martin Schlaff since 2002 ( Mobiltel Bulgaria) became internationally known , especially in 2005 in the case of Serbia's state sanctions against Mobtel .

He is a member of the Catholic student association KAV Bajuvaria Wien and K.Ö.HV Nordgau Wien in the ÖCV .

Awards

literature

  • Jörg Mahlich, Robert Schediwy (ed.): Contemporary witnesses and designers of Austrian economic policy. Lit-Verlag, Vienna 2008 (oral history interview with Taus)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.kummer-institut.at/institut/ehrenobmann
  2. ↑ https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XIV/WD/WD_00001/imfname_215529.pdf
  3. ↑ https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XV/WD/WD_00001/imfname_214891.pdf
  4. ↑ http://tvthek.orf.at/program/Archiv/7648449/TV-Duell-Kreisky-Taus/6240717/TV-Duell-Kreisky-Taus/6240719
  5. ↑ Josef Taus: "I underestimated Kreisky". In: derStandard.at. January 21, 2011, accessed December 4, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Supervisory Board of Management Trust Holding AG
  7. ↑ http://www.landespressedienst.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/10061659/374565/
  8. ↑ Christoph Leitl awards Julius Raab Medal of Honor to Josef Taus . APA notification dated February 6, 2013, accessed March 19, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Taus, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian business lawyer, manager and politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna