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Occupation:
Minister of the Interior; Vice President of Executive Committee of
Socialist Party; and Provincial Party leader of Lower Austria.
Political
Affiliation: Socialist Party.
Religion:
Catholic.
Remarks:
Worked as newspaper editor and subsequently served in the Austrian
Army.
Served for 13 years as Deputy Governor of the province of Lower
Austria, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Socialist
Party.
Imprisoned for a year (1934-35) and arrested periodically by the Nazis
from 1938-45.
As Minister of the Interior, he has considerably reduced Communist
influence in the Austrian police, and has successfully resisted strong
Soviet pressure to increase Communist representation in the police.
A conservative, he is one of the "big three" in the Socialist Party
(Deutsch, Schaerf, Helmer).
RENNER, Karl
Place of birth: Unter-Tannowitz, Moravia.
Date of birth: 14 December 1870.
Education: Doctor of Law, University of Vienna.
Occupation: Federal President of Austria.
Political
Affiliation: Socialist Party.
Religion: Catholic.
Isyol
vitastelanos
Remarks:
Regarded as Austria's most distinguished political figure with a na-
tional and international reputation.
Following World War I he became Chancellor of Austria and as such,
Chairman of the Austrian Delegation to the Peace Conference at St.
Germain.
A strong advocate of union with Germany, he remained active in
politics until the dissolution of Parliament under Dollfuss in 1933,
when he withdrew from political life.
Following the liberation of Austria, Renner formed the Provisional
Government; he himself served as Chancellor.
Following the national elections of 25 November 1945 he was elevated
to President of the Austrian Republic.
Having renounced the Anschluss idea, Renner is working for an inde-
pendent Austria whose position might become similar to that of
Switzerland.
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