!!!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.



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