Paul Raab

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Paul Raab (born January 1, 1928 in Lupetschnig , Bohemia ; † April 17, 1986 in St. Oswald near Haslach ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ) and elementary school director. From 1979 to 1986 he was a member of the Federal Council and from 1961 to 1986 mayor of Sankt Oswald.

education and profession

Raab attended elementary school, secondary school and commercial school in Brüx , then the federal teacher training institute in Linz , which he completed in 1952 with the teaching qualification test for elementary schools. As early as 1950 he was a teacher and educator at the Marianum in Freistadt and in 1954 became head of the elementary school in St. Oswald near Haslach an der Mühl. 1979 switched to the elementary school in Rohrbach in Upper Austria .

Politics and functions

Raab joined the Austrian People's Party and became a member of the Austrian Workers' Association (ÖAAB). In 1974 he was elected chief district chairman of the ÖAAB Rohrbach. From October 22, 1961 to June 13, 1986 he held the office of mayor of the community of St. Oswald near Haslach an der Mühl. He was involved in the trade union movement and from 1965 was chairman of the state section for compulsory school teachers of the Upper Austrian Public Service Union . In 1976 he became vice chairman of the Public Service Union of Upper Austria and from 1977 was a member of the central board of the Public Service Union. From 1967 to 1979 Raab was chairman of the central committee for state teachers at general education compulsory schools at the office of the Upper Austrian state government and from 1967 a member of the college of the state school council for Upper Austria. In 1968 he became a board member of the Raiffeisenkasse St. Oswald near Haslach an der Mühl.

Raab was a member of the Federal Council from October 25, 1979 to April 17, 1986. He was involved in the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft and was its chairman from 1984.

Honors

literature

  • Harry Slapnicka : Upper Austria - The political leadership from 1945. Linz 1989 (Contributions to the contemporary history of Upper Austria 12), p. 219 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Raab, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Lupetschnig
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1986
Place of death St. Oswald near Haslach