biography
pronunciation:
[kriyskee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1911–90)
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| biography:
| Austrian chancellor (1970–83), born in Vienna, Austria. He studied at Vienna University, joined the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPO) as a young man, and was imprisoned for his political activities from 1935 until he escaped to Sweden in 1938. He returned to Austria, and served in the foreign service (1946–51) and the prime minister's office (1951–3). He was increasingly active in party politics, and in 1970 became prime minister in a minority SPO government. He steadily increased his majority in subsequent elections but in 1983, when that majority disappeared, he refused to serve in a coalition and resigned. |
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