!!!Weiskirchner, Richard

Weiskirchner, Richard, b. Vienna, March 24, 1861, d. Vienna, 
April 30, 1926. Law graduate and Christian Socialist politician. From 
1883 employed by the City of Vienna, 1903-1909 chief executive of the 
City of Vienna, 1909-1911 Minister of Commerce; 1913-1919 Major of 
Vienna, tried to alleviate hardship in the aftermath of World War-I 
and greatly influenced the development of the city. 1917/18 member of 
the Upper Chamber of the Reichsrat and 1919-1923 member of the 
Constituent national Assembly and member of the Nationalrat, 1920-1923 
President of the Nationalrat.

!Works
Oe. Staedteordnungen, 1895; Die Armenpflege einer Grossstadt, 
1896; Kartellwesen vom Standpunkt der christlichen 
Wirtschaftsauffassung, 1896.

!Literature
K. Harrer, Dr. R. W., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1950; 
F. Czeike, Wien und seine Buergermeister, 1974.


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