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Renner, Karl

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Renner, Karl (1870–1950)

Czech-born Austrian lawyer, Socialist, and statesman. He entered the Austrian parliament in 1907 and became leader of the Social-Democrats. On the dissolution of the Empire he led the Austrian delegation to St Germain-en-Laye in 1919, where the frontiers of the Austrian Republic were settled. From 1919–20 he was chancellor. After World War II he headed the provisional government set up by the Allies, and at the end of 1945 he was elected president of the Austrian Republic. Renner's example of combined idealism and conciliation undoubtedly played a large part in the creation of a post-1945 Austrian republic on western European lines.

Renner was born in Unter-Tannowitz, Moravia, and educated at Vienna University. He was also a writer on social and national questions.



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