Kurt Ruso
Kurt Ruso (born March 27, 1937 in Gmünd , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian insurance specialist .
Life
Ruso, originally a teacher, studied at the University of Vienna and had been a member of the board since 1975, and 1981–85 General Director of the ÖVP- related Austrian federal state insurance . Ruso was given early retirement at the end of 1985 for health reasons. As a result, there was a criminal case against Ruso because of the offense of infidelity , the amount of damage through payments based on bogus damage reports was about 150 million schillings . During the criminal proceedings carried out in 1988, the suspicion of political party funding was repeatedly voiced, but Ruso made a name for himself as a “great silence”. In June 1988 he was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and repayment of ATS 131 million. According to a report in the Spiegel on June 16, 1986, the SPÖ did not pursue the scandal in the ÖVP-related area because both major parties were interested in "calming down" various affairs.
In the case of the Kurt Ruso scandal, there were links to the Lucona case and, via Ottilie Matysek , to the Waldheim affair . Ruso's state insurance company refused to pay out the sum insured in the Lucona case, and Ruso testified in the criminal proceedings that pressure was therefore put on him; Ottilie Matysek, a personal friend of Ruso's, appeared on Ruso's “takers” list, but during their proceedings in favor of Matysek, Ruso testified that he had forged her signature. Other beneficiaries of Ruso were convicted, for example the Styrian ex- governor Friedrich Niederl .
literature
- Kurt Ruso: Albert Schäffle and Austria. A contribution to the inner history of the Danube Monarchy in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Vienna, phil. Diss. 1960
- Krista Federspiel , Hans Weiss : Who? . Kremayer & Scheriau, Vienna 1988, especially pp. 117,173
- Hans Pretterebner : The network of power . Vienna 1993, p. 111
Web links
- Report on the Ruso scandal in: Die Zeit , No. 12/1986
- A primeval creature . In: Der Spiegel . No. 13 , 1986 ( online - about Ruso's "Generosity" and the political context).
- Last act of desperation . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 1986 ( online - about the mixture of scandals in Austria in 1986 and Kurt Ruso's allegations about party funding).
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Dr. Ruso needed money for the party ” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 1, 1988, p. 5 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ Seven years for the general manager. He has to pay back 131 million . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 14, 1988, p. 9 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ See the entire Austrian daily press of June 14, 1988
- ↑ Catalog list Austrian National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruso, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian insurance specialist; Involvement in political scandals |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gmünd (Lower Austria) |