Peter Sichrovsky
Peter Sichrovsky (born September 5, 1947 in Vienna ) is an Austrian journalist , non-fiction author , writer and former politician .
Life
Peter Sichrovsky completed his studies in pharmacy and chemistry at the University of Vienna in 1975 with a master's degree. Until the early 1980s, he worked as a product and marketing manager in the pharmaceutical industry. From 1980 he worked as a writer and journalist, among others for Profil , Spiegel , Süddeutsche Zeitung and Stern . Peter Sichrovsky was co-author of the first edition of the non-fiction book Bitter Pills (1983, number 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from October 3, 1983 to January 8, 1984 and from January 16 to September 16, 1984 ). From 1988 to 1991 he was head of the culture and foreign policy departments of the then newly founded daily newspaper Der Standard .
In the early 90s, Sichrovsky moved further and further to the right. He was the co-author of the biography of Ignatz Bubis , published in 1996 , the then chairman of the Central Council of Jews, with whom he fell out in the course of creating the book.
Sichrovsky was a member of the European Parliament for the FPÖ from 1996 to 2004 . From 2000 to 2002 he was also General Secretary of the FPÖ. In 2003 he left the FPÖ and withdrew from politics after his mandate expired.
The politician of the Jewish faith was repeatedly criticized because of his membership in the FPÖ, among others by the President of the Jewish Community of Vienna, Ariel Muzicant . In 2005 he drew attention to himself when he reported in great detail about his years of cooperation with the Israeli secret service Mossad . Two weeks later, he retracted these statements.
Web links
- Peter Sichrovsky on the website of the Austrian Parliament
- Entry on Peter Sichrovsky in the European Parliament 's database of deputies
- Literature by and about Peter Sichrovsky in the catalog of the German National Library
- European elections: Sichrovsky is running again for Haider's FPÖ on hagalil.com
- Peter Sichrovsky Spiegel article
- Radio reports with Peter Sichrovsky in the online archive of the Austrian Mediathek
Single receipts
- ↑ a b Signpost through the pill jungle . In: Der Spiegel . No. 37 , 1983, pp. 221 ff . ( online ).
- ↑ Dietrich Strothmann : I'm far from finished with that. In: HaGalil website .
- ↑ Karen Andresen: We always remain strangers . In: Der Spiegel . No. 41 , 1996 ( online ).
- ^ Ex-FPÖ MP Sichrovsky worked for the Mossad. In: Klein Report . May 29, 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sichrovsky, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist, writer, non-fiction author and politician (FPÖ), MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |