Franz Vranitzky

Franz Vranitzky (born on October 4th, 1937 with Vienna) was chancellor of the Austria of 1986 to 1997 and chair Austrian social democrat party of 1988 to 1997.

Life and career

Franz Vranitzky is the son of a steelmaker. It grows with his sister within a simple hard-working medium, in the seventeenth district of Vienna, Hernals. It follows good studies during which it was a time professor of support in Latin and English. In 1960, it obtains its diploma, a master in administration and businesses. It joined the social democrat party in 1962. The same year, he marries Christine (born Christen ): they have two children, Robert and Claudia.

The professional path of Vranitzky really starts in 1961, with the Siemens-Schuckertwerke and the Central bank of the Republic of Austria. In 1969, it is promoted science doctor commercial and becomes, the following year, under the government of the chancellor Bruno Kreisky, adviser of the Minister for Finance Hannes Androsch.

As from 1976, Vranitzky works successively in various banks: from 1976 to 1981, he is executive vice president of the Creditanstalt-Bankverein, which he will direct in 1981 whereas he also occupies the function of executive vice president of the Österreichischen Länderbank. He will direct the latter of 1981 to 1984 as managing director and member of the board of directors. In 1984, the Chancellor Fred Sinowatz appoints it Minister for Finance (this station will cause many criticisms, in particular on the fact that it would have favoured his preceding positions).

During the presidential campaign of 1986, Sinowatz attacks with vehemence the candidate of the Austrian popular party, Kurt Waldheim. This last is elected on June 8th. However, with the Business Waldheim (the discovery of the tumultuous past of known as Waldheim) led Sinowatz to warmly recommend Vranitzky to the post of chancellor.

The chancellor

Vranitzky gains the elections and forms a coalition government with the Austrian party of freedom (the chancellor is moderate the Norbert Steger). But on September 13rd, 1986, Jörg Haider, plus extremist, is elected with the head of the party partner. Vranitzky then cancels the coalition as of the following day and the national council east dissolves.

The elections which follow on September 23rd affirm the power of the social democrat party and the second coalition government (with as partner the popular party) is born on January 21st, 1987 (its vice-chancellor is Alois Mock, of the popular party). The following year, Vranizky succeeds Sinowatz as a president of the social democrat party.

Government Vranitzky III: begin on December 17th, 1990 and is completed on October 11th, 1994 (vice-chancellor: Josef Riegler, popular party)
Government Vranitzky IV: November 29th, 1994 - March 12th, 1996 (vice-chancellor: Erhard Busek then Wolfgang Schüssel, popular party)
Government Vranitzky V: March 12th, 1996 - January 20th, 1997 (vice-chancellor: Schüssel, popular party)

Austria adheres to the European Union in 1995 but sees its foreign politics abused by the revelations on the past of its President, Kurt Waldheim, who had been useful as officer during the Second world war. Into interior policy, that resulted in an complete absence of contact between the Vranitzky chancellor and the party of Haider, although this last barrel rejoined by 20% of the population to the intermediate elections.

Vranitzky takes its distances with respect to the Austrian policy as from January 1997: its successor with the Chancellery is the ex-minister of Finances Viktor Klima.

Others

In its youth, it played in the national team of basketball of Austria, failing the qualifications for the Olympic Games of summer of 1960 with Rome.

After its resignation of the post of chancellor in January 1997, it collaborated with SOEC in Albania.

See too

List of the chancellors of Austria

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