Wilhelm Gorton (politician, 1922)

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Wilhelm Gorton in 1996

Wilhelm Ferdinand Maria Gorton (born December 1, 1922 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ; † August 25, 2016 in Strasbourg , Carinthia ) was an Austrian industrialist , politician and large landowner as well as an honorary citizen of the Carinthian city of Strasbourg.

Life

Childhood and youth

Wilhelm Gorton was born on December 1, 1922 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee. He grew up as the eldest of three children of his parents Wilhelm Gorton and Josefine Gorton geb. Nagele (1900–1985) in Strasbourg in Carinthia . His father was a large landowner , businessman and businessman .

education and profession

He attended the local elementary school and then the secondary school in St. Paul im Lavanttal . In 1938 he moved to the Realgymnasium in Klagenfurt , then to the National Political Education Institute Vienna-Breitensee. After graduating from high school , he did his military service in the Second World War as a supply aircraft for the Air Force . After the war he attended the University for World Trade in Vienna, which he obtained in 1948 with the title Dipl.-Kfm. completed. He returned to Strasbourg and took over the businesses of his father, who died in 1936, ( sawmill , art mill , wood pulp factory and its agriculture and forestry ). On April 15, 1950, he married Fredigundis Bohrer (1931-2016), the daughter of a Klagenfurt vehicle manufacturer.

Political activity

Gorton was from 1951 to 1961 city ​​councilor of the municipality of Strasbourg in Carinthia and from 1961 mayor of the city of Strasbourg. From 1965 to 1970 he was a member of the Carinthian state parliament . Following this, he switched to federal politics and was a member of the Austrian National Council from March 31, 1970 to December 16, 1986 . In addition to his political work, Gorton was also deputy section chairman of the Chamber of Commerce for Carinthia, district chairman of the Austrian Economic Association , regional group chairman of the Austrian Economic Association (part of the ÖVP) for Carinthia, board member of the Association of Austrian Industrialists and their regional group Carinthia, as well as district party chairman the ÖVP St. Veit an der Glan . In 1991, at the end of his last term of office, after 27 years as mayor, he retired from politics.

criticism

In January 1985, Gorton received severe public criticism when he accepted Walter Reder in Carinthia. Reder was a Nazi war criminal , was arrested in May 1945 and then spent almost 40 years in prison.

Awards

Others

According to him, which is Wilhelm Gorton Street in Strasbourg named.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of the Dkfm. Wilhelm Gorton
  2. ↑ Conversation with Defense Minister a. D. Friedhelm Frischenschlager
  3. ↑ spiegel.de: Prodigal Son. - Vienna's Defense Minister greeted a released war criminal with great understanding. Now the coalition is in crisis.
  4. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  5. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  6. ↑ Gorton honored with a golden badge of honor. In: Carinthian economy. Carinthian Chamber of Commerce, November 30, 2012, accessed on January 31, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gorton, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gorton, Wilhelm Ferdinand Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian industrialist and politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, member of the national council
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 2016
Place of death Strasbourg (Carinthia)