Adolf Schärf
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| In office 1957 – 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Theodor Körner |
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| Succeeded by | Franz Jonas |
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| Born | April 20, 1890 Mikulov |
| Died | February 28, 1965 Vienna |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
Adolf Schärf (April 20, 1890, Mikulov — February 28, 1965, Vienna) was from 1957 to his death the president of the Republic of Austria. As an educated lawyer, he had been the secretary of the social democratic president of the Nationalrat during the years of the first republic (1918-1934) and served on the Bundesrat 1933-1934. After the fall of the Republic in 1934 and twice during the Nazi occupation, he served time as a political prisoner. However in 1938 he aryanized the office of Arnold Eisler, a jewish lawyer who had to leave Austria. He took over the lawfirm, and it was never restituted. Later on he also helped in the aryanization process of buildings in Vienna.
After World War II, he became the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria and a member of the new Nationalrat. In 1955, he also took part in the Moscow negotiations for the Austrian Treaty. He became Vice Chancellor in 1956, before being elected president in 1957 and 1963.
| Prohibited 1934-1945 | SPÖ Party Chairman 1945–1957 |
Succeeded by: Bruno Pittermann |
| Austria part of Nazi Germany 1938-1945 |
Vice Chancellor of Austria 1945–1957 |
| Presidents of Austria |  |
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| Karl Seitz • Michael Hainisch • Wilhelm Miklas • war period • Karl Renner • Theodor Körner • Adolf Schärf • Franz Jonas • Rudolf Kirchschläger • Kurt Waldheim • Thomas Klestil • Heinz Fischer |
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