Karl Kehrer (civil servant)

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Karl Kehrer (born October 14, 1925 in Neundling near Putzleinsdorf ; † April 8, 2017 in Vienna ) was an Austrian lawyer and civil servant who was Secretary General of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce from October 1979 until his retirement in March 1992 . From 1983 to 1992 he was also Vice President of the Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions .

Live and act

Karl Kehrer was born on October 14, 1925 as the son of farmer Anton Kehrer (1893–1985) and his wife Theresia (née Kainberger; 1896–1972) in the village of Neundling near Putzleinsdorf in the upper Mühlviertel as one of seven children. After attending primary school in Putzleinsdorf, he attended high schools in Linz ( Episcopal Gymnasium Petrinum ), Kremsmünster ( Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster ) and Passau ( Gymnasium Leopoldinum ); He graduated from the latter grammar school in 1943. Afterwards he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and during his military service in World War II he became a prisoner of war (first in Germany , then in France ), from which he did not return until 1946 . After his return home he began studying linguistics at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Vienna , he of the December 21, 1950, a doctor of philosophy doctorate . During this time he also came into contact with the Vienna-based KÖStV Kürnberg , which was founded in 1900 , a color-bearing and non-striking student union and member of the Austrian Cartel Association (ÖCV), of which he became a member on June 28, 1948 and was given the couleur name Besen . In the 1950 summer semester he was a consenior in the fraternity.

After completing his studies, he joined the Federal Chamber of Commerce in Vienna on March 15, 1951 , where he worked in the Commercial Section. In addition, in 1952 he began studying at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Vienna, which he received in 1958 as Dr. jur. completed. In the fall of 1953, Kehrer took over the management of the department for vocational training and rose there in July 1972 to chamber office director . In addition to his work in the field of vocational training, he also worked in the customs and trade policy department and worked in the Economic Development Institute (WIFI). On October 1, 1979, a few days before his 54th birthday, he was appointed Secretary General of the Federal Chamber of Commerce, later the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKO). He held this position until his retirement in March and April 1992, and from 1983 to 1992 he was Vice-President of the Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions . At that time, Kehrer was critical of the reallocation of funds between the social insurance carriers by the government and parliament and often announced this on various occasions and in the media. Even then, he advocated a reduction in the number of social security providers, but this was no longer achieved during his tenure. During his term of office as Secretary General, the Chamber of Commerce moved to Wiedner Hauptstrasse . Through his function in the Federal Chamber, Kehrer was also a member of the presidium of the Austrian Economic Association (ÖWB) and a member of the federal party leadership of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). From 1980, the native of Upper Austria also appeared as a member of the supervisory board of the Creditanstalt Bankverein .

Within the Austrian Cartel Association, he was mainly active until the late 1960s and early 1970s. From 1959 to 1963 he was head of the Office for Vocational Promotion on the ÖCV Advisory Board. This office, which was initially only introduced as a special feature for the old gentlemen and was intended to serve to build up the CV professional circle, was abolished in 1963. From 1960 to 1970, Kehrer was Philistine Senior of the Kürnberg; before that he was Philistine Secretary from 1954 to 1958 and Philistine Consenior from 1958 to 1960. He was also an honorary philistine of the MKV connection KÖStV Mühlgau-Rohrbach .

On April 8, 2017, Kehrer died at the age of 91 with his family in Vienna. Following the soul mass in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Scots , Kehrer was buried in the closest family circle in the Döblinger cemetery . Since May 4, 1954, he was married to Elisabeth (née Mandl; * 1928); with her he had five children Thomas (* 1955), Martin (* 1958), Elisabeth (* 1961), Susanne (* 1963) and Florian (* 1966).

Honors

Kehrer was honored several times throughout his life. Among other things, he was the holder of the Great Silver Medal of Honor with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria and the Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ( Federal Cross of Merit ).

literature

  • Michael Polgar: 100 years of K.Ö.ST.V. Kürnberg 1900–2000 . Self-published, Rohrbach 2000, p. 186, 313 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 60 years of the main association: memories of the former Vice President DDr. Karl Kehrer , accessed September 15, 2019
  2. ↑ a b Part of Karl Kehrer on trauerportal.at, accessed on September 15, 2019
  3. ^ Austrian Chamber of Commerce mourns the loss of former Secretary General DDr. Karl Kehrer , accessed September 15, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Kehrer, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Neundling near Putzleinsdorf , Austria
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2017
Place of death Vienna , Austria