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Maderthaner, Leopold© Copyright Leopold Maderthaner, photo, 1995 Maderthaner, Leopold, b. Hausmening (Lower Austria), Sept. 9, 1935, d. Krems an der Donau (Lower Austria), July 28, 2007, entrepreneur and politician (Austrian People's Party, ÖVP). Founded his own company (Neon-Maderthaner Ges. m. b. H.) in 1959; 1972 to 1985 in the City Council of Amstetten, 1986 to 1990 President of the Lower Austria Chamber of Commerce; 1979-1989 Member of the Bundesrat, 1989-1994, 1994-1995 and since 1996 Member of the Nationalrat; 1989 Federal Chairman of the Austrian Economic Union ("Österreichischer Wirtschaftsbund") and 1990-2000 President of the Wirtschaftskammer Österreich.
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