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Withalm, HermannWithalm, Hermann, b. Gaweinstal (Lower Austria), April 21, 1912, notary public and politician (Austrian People's Party, ÖVP). Member of the Nationalrat from 1953-1975 (1966-1970 also leader of the parliamentary group of the ÖVP); Staatssekretär at the Federal Ministry of Finance from 1956-1959; Vice-Chancellor from 1968-1970; Secretary General of the ÖVP from 1960-1970, 1970/71 Federal Chairman of the Österreichische Volkspartei (Austrian People's Party, ÖVP), Federal Chairman of the ÖVP's Association of Senior Citizens from 1976-1988. a conservative, he belonged to a group of intraparty reformers who in the 1960s advocated stricter adherence to the party's basic political principles. Publications: Der katholische Mann in der Politik, 1960; Aufzeichnungen, 1973; Antworten, 1974.
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