Fred Sinowatz (* 5 February 1929 in new field to the Leitha, castle country) is a Austrian politician and was from 1983 to 1986 Austrian Federal Chancellor.

Political career/development until 1983

Fred Sinowatz, a historian, was from 1971 to 1983 Federal Minister for instruction and art. 1981, after the resignation from Bruno Kreiskys "Crown Prince" Hannes Androsch, he became also a vice-chancellor.

Sinowatz as Federal Chancellors

After the loss of the absolute majority with the national council choice 1983 and Kreiskys resignation he became against-striving Federal Chancellor. With the still formed it one from Kreisky contrived small coalition.

In the autumn 1983 he transferred the party presidency of the from Kreisky also.

In the heavy crisis relating to domestic affairs around the occupation of the Hainburger outer ones it - also on public pressure - provided on 22 December 1984 with the imposition of a "Weihnachtsfriedens" for a relaxation.

Despite this success its reign stood under no good star. It had with the glycol wine scandal to fight to the scandal for the new building of the Viennese AKH and mainly with the crisis of the deeply which was to blame for put under state control industry (v.a. the VOEST).

In the course of the medialen dressing of the scandals and difficulties always quotation Sinowatz' from its governmental declaration 1983 was published: the statement followed a representation of the challenges of the next years: "I know, who sound everything very complicated,"Â…".

it turned out for 1986 besides under pressure, as a Secretary of Defense Friedhelm freshness hit out Italian detention the released war criminal walter Reder with its arrival officially received.

The forest home affair

Before the election campaign around the Federal President shank it suggested 1986 in a meeting of the executive committee of the SP– in accordance with the later representation of Ottilie Matysek, one the Austrians attentive in time on the "brown past" of the candidate Kurt forest home will make. This remark arrived by an indiscretion at the Austrian news magazine "profile", which began to therefore investigate and so that opened the forest home debate.

During the entire election campaign Sinowatz placed itself clearly against forest home. On whose insurance is not, he member of the SA rider corps been and there only from time to time "along", Sinowatz countered with the remark:

"I state that Kurt forest home was never with the SA, but only its horse."

Fred Sinowatz withdrew one day after Kurt of forest home choice victory as a Federal Chancellor and recommended the past Minister of Finance Franz Vranitzky as a successor. This followed it 1988 also as a party chairman of the at that time Sinowatz resigned also as a national council delegate.

Because of the statement over forest home past instituted it against the Ottilie Matysek become meanwhile the Dissidentin legal proceedings because of honouring injury. Although the entire point of the castle country (under it national captain Johann stated closed to its favour and representation denied Matyseks, the court trusted in the authenticity of handwritten recordings and rejected the complaint. This led in the consequence also to the resignation from and to a condemnation Sinowatz' because of wrong proof statement.

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