Peter Sichrovsky

Peter Sichrovsky ( born September 5, 1947 in Vienna) is an Austrian journalist, nonfiction author, writer and former politician.

Life

He studied pharmacy and chemistry at the University of Vienna joined Peter Sichrovsky 1975 with a Master degree. Until the early 1980s, he worked as a product and marketing manager in the pharmaceutical industry. From 1980 he worked as a writer and journalist, among others profile, mirror, Süddeutsche Zeitung and star. Peter Sichrovsky co-authored the first edition of the nonfiction book " Bitter Pills " (1983). From 1988 to 1991 he was head of the department for culture, and foreign policy of the then newly founded daily newspaper "Der Standard".

Beginning of the 90 Sichrovsky moved increasingly to the right. He was co-author of the published 1996 biography of Ignatz Bubis, the then Chairman of the Central Council of Jews, with whom he had a falling out during the production of this book.

Sichrovsky from 1996 to 2004 for the Freedom Party Member of the European Parliament. From 2000 to 2002 he was next to act as Secretary General of the Freedom Party. In 2003 he resigned from the FPÖ and retired after the expiry of his mandate from politics.

The politician of Jewish faith has been repeatedly criticized for his Freedom Party affiliation, including the President of the Jewish Community Vienna Ariel Muzicant. In 2005 he drew attention to himself when he reported detailed about his years of collaboration with the Israeli secret service Mossad. Two weeks later, he recanted these statements again.