Otto Sagmeister
Otto Sagmeister (born January 10, 1906 in Gloggnitz , Lower Austria , † January 23, 1985 in Vienna ) was an Austrian cooperative member, manager and politician of the SPÖ .
Life
Born the twelfth child of a family of railway workers, Sagmeister grew up in Wiener Neustadt . After graduating from the commercial academy of the Viennese merchants' association, he first worked as an accountant at the Steyr consumer cooperative and then took on restructuring tasks and managerial functions at the Trumau , Waldviertel and Leobersdorf consumer cooperatives . The thoroughbred manager Sagmeister, who was considered " Jewish quipped " due to his marriage , was unable to make a professional career in the Nazi regime, but was also not called up for military service. In 1945 he was initially the public administrator of the soap companyschicht AG, then from November 3, 1946 Chairman of the Management Board of the Austrian branch of Unilever AG. From January 11, 1947 to November 8, 1949, he was a member of the Federal Government Figl I as Federal Minister for People's Nutrition .
Association director Andreas Vukovich invited Sagmeister to return to the consumer cooperative movement after he left his ministerial office. He decided to waive his right of return to Unilever in favor of a consultancy contract and became first director (de facto general director) of the consumer cooperative Vienna and the surrounding area (KGW). Sagmeister performed this function successfully until 1972. As a representative of the strongest, namely the capital's consumer cooperative, Sagmeister rivaled, as is usual in such network structures, with the boss of the large-scale purchasing company dominated by the provincial cooperatives, in this case with the equally authoritarian GöC general director , Andreas Korp . The climax of these internal disputes took place in 1961. Sagmeister remained KGW chairman until 1975.
In addition to his formative role in the Austrian consumer cooperatives, Otto Sagmeister u. a. Active as Vice President of BAWAG , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Steyrermühl Paper and Publishing Company , Deputy Chairman of the Grain Equalization Fund, Member of the Credit Steering Committee, General Councilor of the National Bank and as a member of the IGB Retail Committee.
Awards
- 1957: Great Golden Decoration of the Republic of Austria
- 1972: Large Silver Medal of Honor on the ribbon of the Chamber of Commerce
- 1973: Dr. Karl Renner badge
- 1973: Great Golden Decoration of Honor of the City of Vienna
literature
- Emil J. Knotzer: The Austrian consumer cooperative movement in the 2nd Republic from 1945 to 1978 , in Johann Brazda / Siegfried Rom (ed.) 150 years consumer cooperatives in Austria Vienna 2006. especially 291ff. 302ff
Web links
- Otto Sagmeister. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
- Otto Sagmeister on the website of the Austrian Parliament
Erwin Altenburger | Karl Altmann | Eugen Fleischacker | Hans Frenzel | Josef Gerö | Ferdinand Graf | Karl Gruber | Eduard Heinl | Oskar Helmer | Felix Hurdes | Ernst Kolb | Peter Krauland | Josef Kraus | Karl Mantler | Karl Maisel | Alfred Migsch | Franz Rauscher | Otto Sagmeister | Vinzenz Übeleis | Karl Waldbrunner | Lois Weinberger | Georg Zimmermann
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Jagschitz / Siegfried Rom: Selected leaders of the Austrian consumer cooperatives in: Johann Brazda / Holger Blisse (eds.): Contributions to critical cooperative research, Research Association for Cooperatives, Vienna 2018, p. 315, ISBN 978-3-9502989-5-6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sagmeister, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian manager and politician (SPÖ) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gloggnitz , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1985 |
| Place of death | Vienna |