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Olah, FranzOlah, Franz, b. Vienna, March 13, 1910, piano maker and politician (Austrian Social Democratic Party, SPÖ). 1933-1945 political prisoner and internment in concentration camp. 1949-1957 Chairman of the Union of Construction and Wood Workers, played a decisive role in 1950 with the suppression of the communist strike; 1955-1959 Vice president and 1959-1963 President of the ÖGB (Austrian Federation of Trade Unions). 1945-1948 and 1969/70 he was member of the Landtag of Vienna and Municipal Councillor, 1948-1961 and 1962-1964 SPÖ member of the Nationalrat, 1959-1961 2nd President of the Nationalrat, 1964-1966 member of the Nationalrat, independent; 1963-1964 Federal Minister for Domestic Affairs; 1964 exclusion from the party and court conviction (1 year prison sentence) for misappropriation of trade union money. 1965 founded the Democratic Progressive Party (DFP), which received more than 3 % of the votes in 1966, but no mandate. Work: Die Erinnerungen, 1995. Literature: W. Svoboda, F. O. Eine Spurensicherung, 1990.
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