!!!Pittermann, Bruno b. Vienna, Sept. 3, 1905, d. Vienna, Sept. 19, 1983, teacher and politician (Austrian Socialist Party, SPOe). 1934 imprisoned and during the Nazi regime politically persecuted. From 1945-1971 member of the Nationalrat, 1950-1957 deputy leader of the SPOe in the province of Vienna, 1957-1967 federal party chairman of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Oesterreichs (Austrian Socialist Party), 1956-1970 chairman of the SPOe parliamentary group, 1964-1976 President of Socialist International. 1957-1966 Vice-chancellor, 1959-1966 in charge of planning in the nationalised industries. Played a key role in the fall of F. Olah and in reconciling the SPOe with the Catholic Church and with former opponents from the period between the wars. !Literature W. Maderthaner (ed.), B. P. Ein Portrait, 1995. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Pittermann,_Bruno|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]