Maderthaner, Leopold#
Maderthaner, Leopold, b. Hausmening (Lower Austria), Sept. 9, 1935, entrepreneur and politician (Austrian People's Party, OeVP). Founded his own company (Neon-Maderthaner Ges. m. b. H.) in 1959; 1972 to 1985 in the City Council of Amstetten, 1986 to 1990 President of the Lower Austria Chamber of Commerce; 1979-1989 Member of the Bundesrat, 1989-1994, 1994-1995 and since 1996 Member of the Nationalrat; 1989 Federal Chairman of the Austrian Economic Union ("Oesterreichischer Wirtschaftsbund") and 1990-2000 President of the Wirtschaftskammer Oesterreich.