!!!Miklas, Wilhelm

b. Krems (Lower Austria), Oct. 15, 1872, 
d. Vienna, March 20, 1956, teacher at grammar schools; politician 
(Christian-Socialist). 1905 headmaster in Horn, 1907-1918 member of 
the Reichsrat, 1908-1918 member of the Lower Austrian Landtag, 1918 
member of council of state, 1918-1919 member of the Provisional 
National Assembly, 1919-1920 member of the Constituent National 
Assembly, 1920-1928 member of the Nationalrat (1923-1928 President), 
1919-1920 Subordinate Staatssekretaer for Cultural Affairs, from Dec. 
10, 1928 (1931 re-elected) until March 13, 1938 Federal President. His 
administration was controversial because he failed to prevent the 
dissolution of the Nationalrat in 1933 and supported government policy 
based on the  Kriegswirtschaftliches Ermaechtigungsgesetz (Wartime 
Enabling Act). Resigned in 1938 because he did not want to sign the 
act allowing the "Anschluss". After 1945 M. did not hold any political 
office.

!Literature
F. Loidl (ed.), Bundespraesident W. M., Tatkatholik und 
Oesterreicher. Aus Reden und Schriften, 1974; NOeB; NDB.



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