Fred Sinowatz
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Austrian historian and chancellor (1929-2008)
Key facts
- President
- Rudolf Kirchschläger
- Vice chancellor
- Norbert Steger
- Preceded by
- Bruno Kreisky
- Succeeded by
- Franz Vranitzky
- Chancellor
- Bruno Kreisky
- Constituency
- Burgenland – Lower Austria – Vienna
- Born
- ( 1929-02-05 ) 5 February 1929, Neufeld an der Leitha , Burgenland , Austria
- Died
- 11 August 2008 (2008-08-11) (aged 79), Vienna , Austria
- Party
- Social Democratic Party
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Neufeld an der Leitha
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- historian
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Employer
- Austrian Federal Government
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Austria
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Fred Sinowatz.jpg
- Work location
- Vienna
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- Fred Sinowatz
- date of birth
- 1929-02-05
- date of death
- 2008-08-11
- name in native language
- Fred Sinowatz
- place of burial
- Neufeld an der Leitha
- ethnic group
- Burgenland Croats
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Alfred Sinowatz (5 February 1929 – 11 August 2008) was an Austrian historian and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), who served as Chancellor of Austria from 1983 to 1986. Prior to becoming Chancellor, he had served as Minister of Education from 1971 to 1983 and Vice-Chancellor from 1981 to 1983.
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