Wolfgang Schmitz (politician, 1923)

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Wolfgang Schmitz (born May 28, 1923 in Vienna ; † November 16, 2008 ibid) was an Austrian financial expert and politician ( ÖVP ).

Life

Wolfgang Schmitz worked in the Chamber of Commerce from 1950 . In 1964 he took over the office of finance minister in the Federal Government of Klaus I , which he held until 1968 ( Federal Government of Klaus II ). Afterwards, like several other finance ministers of the Second Republic, he became President of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank between 1968 and 1973 . After his presidency ended, Schmitz returned to the Chamber of Commerce.

He was a member of the KaV Norica Wien in the ÖCV as well as the Catholic student association AV Edo-Rhenania to Tokyo , an associated member of the CV .

Schmitz died on November 16, 2008 after a long and serious illness in his hometown of Vienna. He was buried at the Neustift cemetery . In 2018, the Wolfgang-Schmitz-Promenade in Vienna's Inner City was named after him.

Fonts (selection)

  • World trade concerns everyone. Vienna 1955
  • Austrian economic and social policy. Appreciation, criticism, starting points. Vienna 1961
  • The currency - an open flank of the state constitutional order. Their closure - a contribution to the consolidation of free democracy. Vienna 1983
  • Family between tax pressure and the welfare state debate. The taxation of statutory maintenance obligations in Austria, deficiencies and suggestions for correction. Vienna 1995
  • Socher, Karl (ed.); Schmitz, Wolfgang: Wolfgang Schmitz - setting the course for economic policy. 1963–1973, reminiscences of a decade. Vienna 1996
  • Business ethics as regulatory ethics in its claim to social, economic and currency policy. Berlin 2004

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personal data
SURNAME Schmitz, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmitz, Wolfgang Clemens Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician (ÖVP)
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 2008
Place of death Vienna