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Austrian chancellor and politician (1891-1964)

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President
Theodor Körner , Adolf Schärf
Vice chancellor
Adolf Schärf, Bruno Pittermann
Preceded by
Leopold Figl
Succeeded by
Alfons Gorbach
Chancellor
Karl Renner
Born
( 1891-11-29 ) 29 November 1891, Sankt Pölten , Lower Austria , Austria-Hungary
Died
8 January 1964 (1964-01-08) (aged 72), Vienna , Austria
Party
People's Party (1945–1964)
Other political affiliations
Christian Social Party (1927–1934) , Fatherland Front (1934–1938)
Alma mater
Vienna University of Technology
Profession
Civil engineer

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Encyclopedic overview

Julius Raab (29 November 1891 – 8 January 1964) was an Austrian politician who served as Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961. Raab steered Allied-occupied Austria to independence, when he negotiated and signed the Austrian State Treaty in 1955. In internal politics Raab stood for a pragmatic "social partnership" and the "Grand coalition" of Austrian Conservatives and Social Democrats.

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