Koren, Stephan#
b. Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria), Nov. 14, 1919, d. Vienna, Jan. 26, 1988, politician (OeVP, Austrian People's Party); father of Elisabeth Bleyleben-Koren. 1945-1965 employed at the Institute of Economic Research, from 1965 university professor in Innsbruck, from 1968 professor at the Hochschule fuer Welthandel (later University of Economics and Business Administration) in Vienna. 1967-1968 Staatssekretaer at the Federal Chancellery, 1968-1970 Minister of Finance, drafted the economic concept of the OeVP ("K.-Plan"), 1967; advocate of the Austrian hard currency policy, 1970-1978 member of the Nationalrat and Chairman of the OeVP. 1978-1988 President of the Austrian National Bank.
Literature#
G. Pfeifer, S. K.,1993.