Richard Schmitz

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Richard Schmitz
Schmitz in 1934

Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office 30 September 1930 – 4 December 1930
Chancellor	Carl Vaugoin
Preceded by	Carl Vaugoin
Succeeded by	Johannes Schober

Personal details
Political party	Christian Social Party

Richard Schmitz (14 December 1885 – 27 April 1954) was an Austrian politician who served as the eleventh Vice Chancellor of Austria from 30 September to 4 December 1930.^[1]

As a member of the Christian Social Party, Schmitz also served as Minister of Social Affairs as well as Federal Commissioner of Vienna. On 6 April 1934, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss appointed Schmitz Mayor of Vienna.^[2]

He succeeded elected Mayor

Third Reich in the Anschluss

. Until that point, Schmitz spoke out publicly against Nazism and its tactics.

Along with thousands of other prominent Austrians, Richard Schmitz was arrested and taken to

left the prisoners behind. He was liberated by American troops on 5 May 1945.

References

^ "Richard Schmitz". parlament.gv.at (in German). Austrian Parliament. 2 January 1990. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
^ Hartmann, Gerhard (27 April 2021). "Vz.Kzl. Bgm. a.D. Richard Schmitz". oecv.at (in German). Österreichischer Cartellverband. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

Political offices
Preceded by Karl Seitz	Mayor of Vienna 1934–1938	Succeeded by Hermann Neubacher

v t e Vice-Chancellors of Austria
First Republic	Jodok Fink Ferdinand Hanusch Eduard Heinl Walter Breisky Felix Frank Leopold Waber Franz Dinghofer Karl Hartleb Vinzenz Schumy Carl Vaugoin Richard Schmitz Johannes Schober Franz Winkler Emil Fey Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg Eduard Baar-Baarenfels Ludwig Hülgerth Edmund Glaise-Horstenau	Second Republic	Adolf Schärf Bruno Pittermann Fritz Bock Hermann Withalm Rudolf Häuser Hannes Androsch Fred Sinowatz Norbert Steger Alois Mock Josef Riegler Erhard Busek Wolfgang Schüssel Susanne Riess-Passer Herbert Haupt Hubert Gorbach Wilhelm Molterer Josef Pröll Michael Spindelegger Reinhold Mitterlehner Wolfgang Brandstetter Heinz-Christian Strache Hartwig Löger Clemens Jabloner Werner Kogler

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