Walter Aichinger (politician, 1916)

Walter Aichinger (1976)

Walter Aichinger (born August 26, 1916 in Linz ; † September 12, 1994 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian politician ( VdU / FPÖ ) and chairman of the board of the Bausparkasse Wüstenrot in Salzburg. From 1955 to 1964 he was a member of the Salzburg state parliament and was also active primarily as a sports official.

education and profession

Aichinger first attended elementary school in Gmunden and then continued his education at the middle school in Gmunden and a middle school in Linz, where he completed his training in 1935 with the Matura. He then studied law and did his military and war service between 1938 and 1945. After the end of the Second World War , he joined Bausparkasse Wüstenrot in Salzburg in 1945 and was promoted to head of the mortgage department in 1946 . In 1963 he took over the post of a board member of the Wüstenrot Bausparkasse with the title of director . Between 1968 and 1986 Aichinger was chairman of the board of directors, from 1972 general director and from 1986 to 1994 chairman of the supervisory board of Bausparkasse Wüstenrot. The conversion of the Austrian home loan and savings scheme to a bonus system from January 1, 1973 was largely due to his initiative. This led to a great boom in the Austrian building society. As Vice President of the International Union of Building Societies and Loan Associations, he also worked internationally for the building society sector. Wüstenrot owes him the successful expansion of business activities beyond the field of building society savings. In 1976 he was founding chairman of Wüstenrot Lebensversicherungs AG, later Wüstenrot Versicherungs AG, chairman of the supervisory board until 1986 and honorary chairman until 1994. In addition to his work for Wüstenrot, Aichinger was also active in many other areas in a leading position. As chairman of the supervisory board of the Austrian settlement association "Bausparerheim", as a member of the board of trustees of the Salzburg Housing Promotion Fund, the Salzburg Institute for Spatial Research and the Salzburg Educational Institute, he gave Salzburg's economy and culture valuable impetus. Aichinger also served as president of the Rotary Club in Salzburg.

Politics and functions

Aichinger became chairman of the Salzburg gymnastics community in 1950 and was chairman of the Salzburg gymnastics club from 1953 to 1964. In addition, he held the office of President of the General Sports Association of Austria (ASVÖ) in Salzburg from 1960 to 1973 , and between 1963 and 1980 as State Sports Councilor. He represented the Association of Independents and the FPÖ between January 27, 1955 and February 17, 1964 in the Salzburg state parliament.

Awards

• Professional title Commercial Council (1972)
• Honorary Citizen of the University of Salzburg (1976)
• Grand Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1977)
• Honorary citizen of the community of Eben im Pongau (1981)
• Commander's Cross of the Province of Burgenland (1981)
• Gold Medal of Honor of the Province of Upper Austria (1981)
• Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Styria (1981)
• Tyrolean Eagle Order (1982)
• Great Merit of the State of Vorarlberg (1982)
• Honorary Senator of the University of Salzburg (1983)
• Ring of the State of Salzburg (1986)
• Numerous other awards

literature

• Richard Voithofer: Political Elites in Salzburg. A biographical handbook from 1918 to the present (= series of publications by the Research Institute for Political and Historical Studies of the Dr. Wilfried Haslauer Library, Salzburg. Vol. 32). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77680-2 .