!!!Schmidt, Erich Schmidt, Erich, b. Vienna, Aug. 14, 1943. Studied law, went into politics (Austrian Social Democratic Party, SPOe). 1979-1983 and 1987-1988 member of the Nationalrat, 1983-1986 Staatssekretaer in the Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, 1986-1987 Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, then businessmen; got into difficulties because of his commitments in Eastern Europe. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Schmidt,_Erich|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]