Alois Mock (* 10. June 1934 in Euratsfeld, Lower Austria) be a Austrian politician. He was a vice-chancellor and minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Austria.

Political career

After its study of the rights at the University of Vienna, which it 1957 with the graduation to the Dr. iur. , followed study stay at the Bologna center John Hopkins University in Bologna 1957-1958 and at the free University of Brussels of 1960-1961 locked. Between them Mock was active as an adviser for universitypolitical questions in the Austrian Board of Education. In Vienna it was member of the K.A.V. Norica Vienna in the

Alois Mock was assigned the Office of the Federal Chancellor starting from 1961 as an adviser for EEC and EFTA questions, and 1962-1966 of the Austrian OECD agency in Paris. With the beginning of the Alleinregierung 1966 he became a secretary and cabinet boss of Federal Chancellor Dr. Josef Klaus and Beamter of the Federal Ministry for foreign affairs. From 1969-1970 he was in the government Klaus Austria of youngest ministers of education.

After the victory of the under Bruno Kreisky with the parliamentary elections 1970 it became for the of national council delegates and to 1971 mayors von Euratsfeld. Its activity of many years for the Christian-democratic employees made "Loisl" the all-side estimated federal chairman of the of 1971-1978. From 1978 to 1987 he was club chairman of the in the national council and from 1979 to 1989 Bundesparteiobmann. Already since 1979 Alois Mock president of the European democratic union (EDU) was, of whose establishment it had relevant portion. From 1983 to 1987 it held also the office for president of the international democratic union (IDU).

Minister of foreign affairs

Mock was 1987-1995 Federal Ministers for foreign affairs and led the negotiations of accession of Austria with the European Union. On 27 June 1989 it cut through the iron curtain with its Hungarian colleague Gyula horn with Sopron (desert castle). Thus it made the departure for many possible and contributed to the collapse of communism.

Mock pushed the Federal Republic of Germany in the year 1991, in particular their Chancellor Kohl and Aussenminister Genscher to recognize as rapidly as possible the Yugoslav partial republics Slovenia and Croatia as independent states. Thus the decay process of Yugoslavia was directed into increasingly uncontrolled courses. In Croatia Mock enjoys however of large popularity. In November 1989 it stood godfather with the establishment of Central European Pentagonale co-operation. Until 1999 he was a delegate to the national council.

Mock suffers since 1995 at the park in on illness, however further moves portion of the political life of Austria and its eastern neighboring countries takes.

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