!!!Fink, Jodok

Fink, Jodok, b. Andelsbuch (Vorarlberg), Feb. 19, 1853, 
d. Andelsbuch (Vorarlberg), July 1, 1929, farmer and Christian 
Socialist politician, from 1890 member of the Landtag of Vorarlberg 
(for 30 years), from 1897 member of the body of delegates, 1911 Deputy 
Landeshauptmann of the Federal Province of Vorarlberg, adviser to K.  
Lueger and A.  Gessmann; during World War I director of the Food 
Supply Agency; after the disintegration of the monarchy in 1918 one of 
the three presidents of the provisional National Council and later 
Councillor of State; 1919/20 Vice-Chancellor during the Renner 
government, 1920-1929 member of the Nationalrat, from 1922 chairman of 
the Christian Socialist Group. During the First Republic F. took on a 
role as a mediator and advocated co-operation between the two major 
parties, which represented farmers and the middle class on the one 
hand and the working class on the other hand. Played a leading role in 
introducing and perfecting universal suffrage and was an opponent of 
the Vorarlberg unionist movement, which supported a union with 
Switzerland. In 1925 awarded honorary doctorate of the University of 
Innsbruck.

!Literature
H. Deuring, J. F., 1932; L. Reichhold, J. F. and 
N. Hauser, 1989.



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