Pius Michael Prutscher

Pius Michael Prutscher (born April 27, 1913 in Vienna ; † February 3, 1995 ) was an Austrian master carpenter and politician ( ÖVP ), member of the Viennese state parliament and member of the municipal council and executive city council. Prutscher was married from 1939 and had five children.

Prutscher was born as the son of the architect and master carpenter Hans Prutscher and graduated from a secondary school in 1931. Prutscher had already acquired practical, commercial experience before graduating from high school and began an apprenticeship as a carpenter after graduating from high school. He also studied at the University of World Trade and obtained his degree in business administration in 1934. In 1936 he received his doctorate in law from the University of Vienna and in 1937 his doctorate in commercial science at the University of World Trade. In 1937 he passed the journeyman's examination and in 1940 the master’s examination. During his studies, Prutscher was involved in the student body and was active as an educational advisor in the Masters' Son Association. He was also a delegate of the Masters' Sons Association in the 15th district as a district trade council.

Prutscher worked in his father's company from 1936 and after completing an auditing course spent some time abroad. He did his military service for a short time during World War II , but soon afterwards returned to his father's company.

After the end of the Second World War, Prutscher was elected provisional head of the Vienna Carpenters' Guild in autumn 1945 and was subsequently elected master of the guild. He represented the ÖVP from November 25, 1945 in the Vienna State Parliament and City Council, of which he was a member until June 6, 1969. He was the ÖVP's spokesman for urban planning and traffic matters and was elected to the Vienna state government and city senate on June 19, 1964. He took over the department for economic affairs from his late party colleague Franz Bauer , which he headed until January 28, 1971.

After his death Prutscher was buried in the Ober Sankt Veiter Friedhof (group B, row 10, no. 32).

literature

• Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Volume 4: Le - Ro . Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-218-00546-9 .
• Magistrate of the City of Vienna (Ed.): The City Council of the City of Vienna, the Vienna State Parliament, the Vienna City Senate, the Vienna State Government 1945–1985 . Magistrate Directorate, Vienna 1986.

Web links

• wien.gv.at City hall correspondence from June 1964