Josef Klaus Politician

Josef Klaus (August 15, 1910, Kötschach-Mauthen, Carinthia - July 26, 2001, Vienna) was an Austrian Christian/Conservative politician of the Peoples Party (ÖVP) and the Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler) from 1964 to 1970. In 1934 graduated from law school. He married in 1936. During World War II he served in the German army in campaigns in Poland, France, Finland and Russia; he was captured in early 1945 and held in a POW camp.

Personal facts

Josef Klaus
Birth dateAugust 15, 1910
Birth place
Carinthia (state) , Kötschach-Mauthen , Austria
Religion
Catholic Church
Date of deathJuly 26, 2001
Place of death
Vienna , Austria

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Politician

deputy
Fritz Bock
Bruno Pittermann
Hermann Withalm
party
Austrian People's Party
president
successor

Josef Klaus on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.worldwhoswho.com/views/entry.html?id=kla-0577