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Franz Jonas

1899 - 1974

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Franz Josef Jonas (4 October 1899 – 24 April 1974) was an Austrian politician who served as the president of Austria between 1965 and 1974 as a member of the Socialist Party of Austria. He previously served as mayor of Vienna from 1951 to 1965 while simultaneously serving in the Austrian Parliament. Jonas first entered politics as a young adult while he was working as a typesetter, joining the Socialist Youth Movement and the Printers' Union. He served on the town council of Floridsdorf beginning in 1945 and was then placed in command of Vienna's food supply and housing in 1948 and 1949, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Jonas is the 5,967th most popular politician (down from 3,852nd in 2019), the 354th most popular biography from Austria (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 114th most popular Austrian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Franz Jonas ranks 5,967 out of 19,576. Before him are Thorvald Stauning, Tetsu Katayama, Catherine of Bohemia, Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, and Frederick I, Margrave of Baden. After him are Inca Roca, Amenemope, Shammuramat, Rothari, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio, and Mary Robinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Franz Jonas ranks 71. Before him are Georges Bidault, Akim Tamiroff, Philipp Bouhler, Frances Yates, Artur da Costa e Silva, and Ernst-Robert Grawitz. After him are John Christie, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Aksel Sandemose, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Hans Jeschonnek, and Fritz Bayerlein. Among people deceased in 1974, Franz Jonas ranks 49. Before him are Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Frank Martin, Creighton Abrams, Anatole Litvak, André Jolivet, and Vasily Shukshin. After him are Salvador Puig Antich, Helmuth Koinigg, Everaldo, Vannevar Bush, Marcel Achard, and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Jonas ranks 354 out of 1,424. Before him are Ernst Krenek (1900), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Karl Leonhard Reinhold (1757), Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347), Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein (1740), and Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249). After him are Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (1226), Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1868), and Karl Silberbauer (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Franz Jonas ranks 114. Before him are Brigitte Bierlein (1949), Archduchess Barbara of Austria (1539), Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915), Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632), Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347), and Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (1249). After him are Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870), Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (1226), Otto Hofmann (1896), Zoltán Tildy (1889), Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (1204), and Wolfgang Schüssel (1945).

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