Michael Mayr

Michael Mayr ( born April 10, 1864 in Bad Hall in Upper Austria, † May 21 1922 in Waldneukirchen in Upper Austria ) was an Austrian historian and politician of the Christian Social Party. From July 7, 1920 at Mayr was state chancellor, with in- force of the Federal Constitutional Law on November 10, 1920 the first Federal Chancellor of Austria and served to June 1, 1921.

Life

Mayr studied history and geography at the University of Vienna and in 1890 received his doctorate. In the years 1897 to 1920 Mayr was head of the Tyrolean State Archives. In 1900 he became Professor of Modern History at the University of Innsbruck.

Mayr's political career began in the days of the monarchy; 1907-1911 he was a deputy to the Imperial Council, 1908-1914 Member of the Tyrolean Landtag.

1916 Mayr called a far country to the Italian South Tyrol enlarged and pleaded for artificial Eindeutschung the Italian name in Trento.

1918/1919 was Mayr Messenger Tyrol in Switzerland, where he was negotiating with envoys of the Entente powers its own republic or a State of Tyrol. As Tyrolean deputy in the Provisional National Assembly he demanded with the other Tyrolese the law of the country to independence from Austria. Renner made ​​him then in his third government of 17 October 1919 to 7 July 1920, Secretary of State for the work on the total Austrian constitution.

1919/1920 Mayr was elected member of the Constituent National Assembly and negotiated as a representative of the Christian Social with the Social Democrats over the then adopted on 1 October 1920 and entered into force on November 10, 1920 Federal Constitution. As agreed coalition in (on decision by the Social Democrats after the first parliamentary elections which ended in the same year ), he took over on July 7, 1920 with the State Government Mayr I, a transition proportional Cabinet, the Office of the State Chancellor Karl Renner ( SDAPÖ ), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ( Foreign Minister ) was; from November 10, 1920, the relator Chancellor was valid. As such, Mayr was since October 22, when the Social Democrats leaked from the Cabinet, Foreign Minister. The first time on November 10, 1920 meeting which elected the National Council on 20 November, the federal government Mayr II, a Christian social minority cabinet, which was supported by allies in the " third camp".

Because of an intended in Styria vote on the annexation to Germany - the government had committed in 1919 in the Treaty of Saint- Germain, to obtain independent Austria - Mayr joined on 1 June 1921 as Chancellor back; ran the business but until June 21, 1921 on, when the federal government was sworn I Schober.

He was a member of the A.V. Innsbruck Austria, then in the CV, today in ACA.

Publications

  • Michael Mayr: Wolfgang Lazius as a historian of Austria: a contribution to the historiography of the 16th century; with amendments to the biography. EBook Vienna University Library (eBooks on Demand) Edition 1894 (Innsbruck, Wagner's University Bookstore )
  • Michael Mayr: The Italian irredentism: Its origin and its development mainly in Tyrol. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1917
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