Rösch, Otto#

b. Vienna, March 24, 1917, d. Vienna, Nov. 3, 1995, employee and politician (Austrian Social Democratic Party, SPOe). 1951-1953 member of the Bundesrat, 1953-1959 member of the Landtag of Styria, 1959-1966 member of the Landtag of Lower Austria and Staatssekretaer at the Federal Ministry of Defence; 1966-1970 member of the Lower Austrian provincial government, 1970-1977 Federal Minister of the Interior; 1971-1983 member of the Nationalrat; 1977-1983 Federal Minister of Defence, 1983-1991 president of the pensioners' association of the Austrian Socialist Party.