Mataja, Heinrich#
b. Vienna, March 14, 1877, d. Vienna, Jan. 23, 1937, lawyer and politician (Christian Socialist); half brother of Viktor Mataja. 1910-1918 member of the Vienna Municipal Council; stressed the anti-Semitic principles of the Christian Social Party. 1930-1918 member of the Reichsrat, 1918-1919 member of the Provisional National Assembly, 1919-1920 member of the Constituent National Assembly, 1920-1930 member of the Nationalrat, 1918/1919 Staatssekretaer for Internal Affairs; Nov. 20, 1924 to Jan. 14, 1926 Foreign Minister; 1931 driven out of all political functions. Welcomed the Christian Corporate State and sympathized with the idea of an Austrian Nation, found recognition again in the corporate state.
Publication#
Oe. Politik im 11. und 20. Jh., 1935.Literature#
E. Jelinek, Der polit. Lebensweg Dr. H. M., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1970; OeBL; NDB.