!!!Klaus, Josef

Klaus, Josef, b. Mauthen (Carinthia), Aug. 15, 1910, 
d. Vienna, July 25, 2001, law graduate and politician (OeVP, Austrian 
People's Party). 1949-1961 Landeshauptmann of Salzburg, 1952-1964 
chairman of the OeVP of Salzburg, 1962-1963 and 1966-1970 member of 
the Nationalrat, 1960-1963 deputy chairman of the OeVP and 1963-1970 
chairman of the OeVP, 1961-1963 Federal Minister of Finance, 1964-1966 
Federal Chancellor of the OeVP-SPOe coalition and 1966-1970 Federal 
Chancellor of the OeVP government. K. is regarded as the "reform 
chancellor" of the period after World War II. In his functions as 
Landeshauptmann and chancellor he criticised distribution of offices 
according to the proportion of votes of the respective parties and 
aimed at political objectivisation. He appointed above all experts of 
the respective fields for office in the Federal Government and 
supported the dialogue between science and politics. K. also supported 
negotiations for an association agreement with the EEC, advocated 
European Unity including Central and Eastern Europe and pursued a 
policy of detente concerning the question of South Tyrol.

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Work: Macht und Ohnmacht in Oesterreich, 1971.

!Literature
B. Weinmann-Steinweis, J. K., doctoral thesis, Vienna 
1995; R. Kriechbaumer (ed.), Die Aera J. K. Oesterreich in den 
"kurzen" 60er Jahren, 2 vols., 1998/1999; B. Weinmann, 
J. K. Ein grosser Oesterreicher, 2000.



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