Michael Vas

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Michael Vas (born September 9, 1881 in Eberau ; † March 5, 1958 in Wiener Neustadt ) was an Austrian farmer and politician ( Landbund / CS ). Between July 15, 1922 and October 31, 1934 he was a member of the Burgenland Landtag .

Life

Vas was born as the son of the landlord of the Erdödy estate administration Joseph Vas (or Vass) and worked after elementary school as an agricultural worker for the Erdödy estate administration in Eberau. In 1896/97 he was employed in Vienna Schönbrunn, in 1898/99 with Count Batthyany in Güssing and 1900/01 as a gardener for the municipality of Vienna. Vas did his military service between 1902 and 1905 and subsequently completed a telegraph course in Tulln. Afterwards Vas worked as a telegraphy teacher and later became a sergeant in the hussars in Bratislava. Vas emigrated to the USA in 1906 and worked as a gardener's assistant in Passaic, New Jersey, before returning to Burgenland in 1919. Vas worked as a self-employed farmer in Güssing and fled to Austria in 1920.

From 1932 to 1954 he was employed as a gardener in the Neudörfl state nursing home in Neudörfl and after his retirement on June 30, 1954, he moved to Bad Sauerbrunn .

Vas was married.

politics

In 1921 Vas was a co-founder of the Burgenland Farmers' Union / Land Association. He was a member of the state party executive from 1922 to 1930 and was chairman of the Landbund in Burgenland from May 11, 1924 to May 16, 1926. In addition, between June 19, 1927 and October 22, 1930, he held the function of managing director of the national organization. Vas also held the function of a member of the board of the Nazi party leadership in 1925, was Deputy Regional Leader of the Burgenland Home Guard from 1927 and Regional Leader from June 15, 1930. After Vas ran in 1930 as a list leader of the Christian Social Party Home Guard, he was expelled from the Landbund on October 22, 1930. In 1934 Vas withdrew from politics.

literature

  • Johann Kriegler: Political manual of Burgenland. Part I (1923-1938). Eisenstadt 1972