!!!Gorbach, Alfons

Gorbach, Alfons, b. Imst (Tyrol), Sept. 2, 1898, 
d. Graz (Styria), July  31, 1972, studied law, politician 
(Austrian People's Party, OeVP). 1933-1938 provincial leader of the 
vaterlaendische Front (Fatherland Front) in Styria, 1938-1942 and 
1944-1945 concentration camp imprisonment. From 1960-1963 federal 
chairman of the Austrian People's Party (OeVP), 1945-1970 member of 
the Nationalrat, 1961-1964 Federal Chancellor. After 1945 pursued a 
policy of reconciliation towards national socialists and supported the 
grand coalition between the Austrian People's Party (OeVP) and the 
Austrian Social Democratic Party (SPOe). Succeeded by J.  Klaus as 
party chairman in 1963 and as federal chancellor in 1964.

!Literature
H. Bleier-Bissinger, Bundeskanzler Dr. A. G. und 
seine Zeit, 1988.



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