Ludwig White

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Ludwig Weiß (born August 25, 1902 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee , Carinthia , † September 30, 1994 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ).

Life

Ludwig Weiß, son of a caretaker at a school, obtained his high school diploma in 1920 at a Klagenfurt secondary school . In the same year he moved to Vienna, where he studied civil engineering at the Vienna University of Technology until 1926 and graduated with the academic degree of graduate engineer. In 1927 he got a job with the Austrian Federal Railways , where he was deployed in the railway maintenance service in large parts of Austria, including Styria and Upper Austria . From 1938 to 1945 he worked in the office and was elected President of the Federal Railway Directorate in Villach in 1952.

Weiss was elected to the National Council on June 8, 1956 , a mandate he held for 10 years until June 30, 1966. In 1958 he was appointed regional chairman of the Austrian workers 'and salaried workers' union , and he was elected deputy party chairman of the Carinthian ÖVP.

In 1966 he became Minister of Transport in the Klaus Federal Government , an office he held from April 19, 1966 to April 21, 1970.

Ludwig Weiß was invested in the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in Salzburg in 1956 . From 1991 to 1994 he was the founding and head commander of the grave knight in Klagenfurt. Weiß was a member of the Catholic student associations Karantania Klagenfurt in the MKV and the K.Ö.St.V. Rudolfina Vienna in the ÖCV .

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  1. ↑ "Catholic Couleur Students in Austria", "Borussen-Echo", 269sa, October 1982
  2. ↑ AAS 69 (1977), n.12, p. 751
personal data
SURNAME White, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the National Council
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1994
Place of death Vienna