Alois Mock

Alois Mock ( born June 10, 1934 in Euratsfeld, Lower Austria ) is an Austrian politician. He was Minister of Education, Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria.

Political career

After studying law at the University of Vienna, where he in 1957 awarded the degree of Doctor of Law. completed, study visits followed at the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University in Bologna from 1957 to 1958 and at the Université Libre de Bruxelles from 1960 to 1961. Between Mock worked as a consultant for higher education policy issues in the Austrian Ministry of Education. Since his student days he is original member of the Catholic ÖCV - fraternity KAV Norica Vienna, and later the K.Ö.H.V. Franco -Sydney Vienna and the A.V. Austria Innsbruck and a member of K.Ö.St.V. Ostaricia Vienna in MKV.

Alois Mock was in 1961 assigned to the Chancellor's Office as a consultant for EEC and EFTA issues, from 1962 to 1966, the Austrian representation OECD in Paris. With the beginning of the ÖVP party government in 1966 he became secretary and Private Secretary to the Chancellor Josef Klaus and officials of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1969 to 1970 he was Klaus Austria's youngest minister of education in the government.

After the victory of the Social Democrats under Bruno Kreisky in the parliamentary elections in 1970, he became the People's Party for National Council deputy and mayor of Euratsfeld to 1971. His many years of work for the Christian Democratic workers made ​​mock the federal chairman of the ÖAAB 1971-1979. From 1978 to 1987 he was chairman of the club in the National People's Party and from 1979 to 1989 ÖVP federal party leader. Mock since 1995 honorary party chairman of the Austrian People's Party ( ÖVP). As of 1979, Alois Mock President of the European Democratic Union ( EDU ), to the foundation he had relevant content and which he chaired until 1998 as president. From 1983 to 1987 he was also president of the International Democratic Union ( IDU ) holds.

Minister of Education

Mock was 1969-1970 Federal Minister for Education, Science, Research, Arts, culture and sports. He sat for a referendum to prevent a scheduled 13 school year, a school Reform Commission, reached 1970, the adoption of the federal law establishing the College of Education, now the University of Klagenfurt and the establishment of the first bilingual school in Klagenfurt.

Secretary of State

Mock was 1987-1995 Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and led the negotiations for Austria with the EU. On 27 June 1989 he mean, in a large-scale media campaign, with his Hungarian counterpart Gyula Horn in Sopron ( Sopron ) symbolically the Iron Curtain. The marginal reduction as well as the opening of the border 11 September 1989 enabled many East German citizens to leave the country and contributed to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in.

Mock considered the "father of the EU accession of Austria ". He presented on July 17, 1989 Austria's request for accession to the European Communities, joined together with his then- Secretary of State Brigitte Ederer on 1 March 1994, accession negotiations in Brussels from. In the following referendum 66.6 % of Austrians decided to join the then EC.

Mock urged the Federal Republic of Germany in the year 1991, in particular Chancellor Kohl and Foreign Minister Genscher, as quickly as possible recognize the Yugoslav republics of Slovenia and Croatia as independent states. The humanitarian involvement in the former Yugoslavia was a personal concern him. In Croatia, Mock enjoys great popularity. In November 1989, he was the inspiration for the founding of the Central European Pentagonale cooperation.

In 1992, Mock the conclusion of negotiations for South Tyrol package and dispute resolution at the UN. In 1993, he led the Human Rights Conference of the United Nations in Vienna, at which it was possible to reaffirm the basic principles of universality and indivisibility of human rights, despite differences between countries of the West and the so-called developing countries.

From 1970 to 1987 and 1995 to 1999 he was Member of Parliament.

Mock suffering since 1995 from Parkinson's disease, but continues an active part in the political life of Austria and its eastern neighbors.

Awards

  • Grand Gold Medal with Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria
  • Grand Gold Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria
  • Golden Commander's Cross with Star of Honour for Services to the province of Lower Austria
  • Grand Decoration of Honour in the province of Upper Austria
  • Ring of Salzburg
  • Decoration of the Land Tirol
  • Big Montfort Order of the State of Vorarlberg
  • Carinthian provincial Order in Gold
  • Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • Order of the French Legion of Honour
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Orange -Nassau
  • Grand Cross of the Princely Liechtenstein Order of Merit
  • Prince Trpimir Medal with neck ribbon and Morgenstern ( Croatia)
  • United Order of King Zvonimir with sash Dmitar and Morgenstern ( Croatia)
  • 1995 Burghard Breitner - price
  • Order Zmaj (Bosnia )
  • Mother Theresa Medal ( Albania)
  • Golden Medal of Freedom (Kosovo)
  • Officer of the Order of the Yugoslav Flag
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus
  • Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
  • Order " Stara Planina " first class (Bulgaria)
  • Al- Kawkab Medal (Jordan)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Jordanian high rebirth and progress
  • Grand Cross 1st class of the Syrian Omajadenordens (Syria )
  • Diplomatic Merit Gwanghwa Medal ( South Korea)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator San Martin ( Argentina)
  • Bintang Mahaputra Adipradana (Indonesia)
  • Japanese Order of the Rising Sun
  • Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav
  • 1990: Grand Cross of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great
  • Grand Commander of the Star of Romania
  • Grand Order of Merit of the South Tyrol
  • Mostar Peace Connection (Bosnia - Herzegovina)
  • Middle Cross with the Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary ( Hungary)
  • Order of the Slovenian freedom in Gold
  • Great Merit of the Province South Tyrol ( Alto Adige )
  • National Order " Star of Romania " with the rank of Grand Officer (Romania )
  • National Order " Faithful Service " in the rank of Commander (Romania )

Academic honors

  • Honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University
  • Honorary doctorate from the University of Sarajevo
  • Honorary Doctorate of Tirana University
  • Honorary Doctorate, University of Zagreb
  • Honorary Doctorate University of Timisoara
  • Honorary Senator of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Works (selection)

  • The Future of the People's Party. Molden, Vienna, 1971
  • Breakthrough into modernity. Styria, Graz, 1981
  • Points of view. Styria, Graz, Cologne 1982.
  • For ... Austria. Multiplex Media, Vienna, 1986

Foundation

To him, the Dr. Alois Mock -Europe Foundation was launched, the activities related to the peaceful integration of Europe supported, in honor. From the Foundation of Alois Mock Europe Prize is awarded annually since 2002 also. The following people received these awards:

  • 2002: Paul Lendvai, Austrian journalist
  • 2003: Elmar Brok, German MEP
  • 2004: Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician
  • 2005: Hugo Bütler, Swiss journalist
  • 2006: Roland Dumas, French Foreign Minister
  • 2007: Magdalena Vášáryová, Slovak State Secretary
  • 2008: Hans -Gert Poettering, German European Parliament
  • 2009: Otto von Habsburg, MEP
  • 2010: Hans -Dietrich Genscher, German politicians
  • 2011: Jerzy Buzek, Polish politician
  • 2012: Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech politician and Jose Manuel Barroso, European politicians
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