- Franz Jonas
Infobox President | name=Franz Jonas
nationality=Austrian
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order=7thPresident of Austria
term_start=June 9 ,1965
term_end=April 24 ,1974
vicepresident=
predecessor=Adolf Schärf
successor=Rudolf Kirchschläger
birth_date=birth date|1899|10|4|mf=y
birth_place=
death_date=death date and age|1974|4|24|1899|10|4|mf=y
death_place=
party=Social Democratic Party of Austria
spouse=Margarete Jonas
religion=Roman Catholic Franz Josef Jonas (
October 4 ,1899 -April 24 ,1974 ) was anAustria npolitical figure . He served as thePresident of Austria between 1965 and 1974.He was a typesetter by profession and a member of the
Social Democratic Party of Austria . AfterWorld War II he got involved in Viennese communal politics and wasmayor of Vienna from 1951 to 1965. From 1965, he was federal president and was re-elected in 1971.He was a fervent supporter of
Esperanto , and starting in 1923 became a long-time instructor of the language. Reportedly, he addressed the 1970World Congress of Esperanto which was held inVienna with perfect Esperanto. [ [http://www.esperanto.org/Ondo/Eb/116-eb.htm#eb6-03 "Eŭropa Bulteno" de "Ondo de Esperanto"] (Europe Bulletin of Wave of Esperanto)]In 1974 he died in office.
In Vienna, a large tram station officially called "
Schottentor " which was built when he was mayor is colloquially named after him ("Jonas-Reindl", which translates as "Jonas bowl").In 1966 he was awarded the Grand Cross of
The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav with Collar.References
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