!!!Schober, Johann

b. Perg (Upper Austria), Nov. 14, 1874, 
d. Baden (Lower Austria), Aug. 19, 1932. Law studies, then civil 
servant, politician (Pan-German). Member of the Vienna police force 
from 1898, from June 25, 1918 to 1932 president of the Vienna police 
force, 1921-1922 and 1929-1930 Chancellor, 1930-1932 Vice Chancellor, 
Foreign Minister and Member of the Nationalrat. Was responsible for 
the bloody suppression of the  July Revolt of 1927, completed the 
reform of the constitution in 1929; as representative of the 
Pan-Germans formed the national economic bloc together with the 
Landbund (farmers´ party, which favoured Austria´s 
integration into Germany etc.), obtained the waiver of the obligation 
to pay reparations in 1930 and in 1931 tried to form a customs union 
with Germany, which was refused because of resistance by France. An 
exemplary civil servant, S. enjoyed a good reputation esp. with the 
bourgeois, and as head of the  Interpol was held in high esteem abroad 
as well.

!Literature
O. Kleinschmied, S., 1930; A. Wandruszka, J. S., in: 
F. Weissensteiner and E. Weinzierl (eds.), Die oesterreichischen 
Bundeskanzler, 1983; R. Hubert, S., "Arbeitermoerder" und "Hort 
der Republik", 1990.



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