Michael Hainisch
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Michael Arthur Josef Jakob Hainisch was an Austrian politician who served as the first president of Austria from 1920 to 1928, after the fall of the monarchy at the end of World War I.
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Bronze medal of Michael Hainisch, Federal President of Austria, 1920 (ND), artist Grete Hartmann, née Chrobak, 1869–1946
Ignaz Seipel
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Ignaz Seipel was an Austrian Catholic priest and conservative politician, who served as the Chancellor of the First Austrian Republic twice during the 1920s and leader of the Christian Social Party. H
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…Academy of Sciences). In 1928, the main parties proposed to amend the constitution in order to re-elect Hainisch for a third term. Federal Chancellor Ignaz Seipel proposed a one-year term for Hainisch, but Hainisch declined a third term. He subsequently served as Commerce Minister from 1929 to 1930. Controversially…
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Seipel preaching at Bingen, 1929
Anti-Semitic CS poster of 1920, depicting a Judeo-Bolshevik serpent choking the Austrian eagle; Text: "German Christians – Save Austria!"
Otto Bauer in 1919