Alfons Gorbach
Alfons Gorbach ( born September 2, 1898 in Imst, Tirol, † 31 July 1972 in Graz, Styria ) was ÖVP politician and Chancellor of Austria from 1961 to 1964.
Life
Alfons Gorbach took in the First World War in October 1917 in the fighting in Flitscher basin part and lost there with an offensive one leg. Already in the first Republic, he was politically active. 1929 to 1932 he was a councilor in Graz From 1937 to 1938 he was Styrian Provincial Government. After connecting Gorbach came first ( the so-called celebrities transport) to Dachau and 1944 in the Flossenbiirg, where he remained until the war ended.
Already in the first elected National 1945, he was the third National President, a second time 1956 until 1961. Having at the general election of 1959, the ÖVP had retracted a lean result and the Social Democratic Party only with a mandate difference second strongest party had become, started in the party a strategic discussion. You trust the aging Julius Raab no more, the ÖVP to lead to success and Gorbach was elected on the eighth extraordinary congress for federal party leader. But Raab initially remained Chancellor of the grand coalition. The Styrian Governor Josef Krainer had prevailed about to order the Styrian Gorbach as chairman. At the same time complaining Krainer the Office of the State party leaders, who had previously occupied Gorbach, for himself and was able to expand his power keep it in Styria.
In 1961 took over Gorbach of Julius Raab, the office of the Chancellor and led the ÖVP in the election campaign for the general election of 1962. In these, the ÖVP could easily specify an absolute majority, however, was missed again. Alfons Gorbach remained Chancellor in another grand coalition. Shortly thereafter, however, began in the ÖVP to saw his chair and Josef Klaus was elected the new party chairman on 20 September 1963. On February 25, 1964, the government resigned Gorbach and Klaus negotiated a new grand coalition and was Chancellor of Germany. Gorbach returned in 1964 as Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives back and retained his seat until 1970. 's ÖVP he became honorary chairman for life. In 1965 he was defeated Franz Jonas in the presidential election.
Memberships
He was a founding member of the K.Ö.St.V. Babenberg Graz as well as a member of the K.Ö.H.V. Carolina Graz in the ACA and the K.Ö.St.V. Liechtenstein Castle Jews in MKV and an honorary member of the K.St.V. Forest Mark Miirzzuschlag in MKV.