Theodor Körner b. 24 Apr 1873, Uj Szönyi bei Komorn/Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary [1] d. 4 Jan 1957, Vienna, Austria Title: Bundespräsident (Federal President) Term: 21 Jun 1951 - 4 Jan 1957 Chronology: 27 May 1951, elected by direct popular voting [2, pp. 4-5] 21 Jun 1951, took the oath of office, session of the sixth Bundesversammlung (Federal Assembly), Großer Sitzungssaal des Parlaments, Parlamentsgebäude, Vienna [3] 4 Jan 1957, died [4] Names/titles: Edler von Siegringen [from 1900] Biography: Born in the family of Theodor Karl Körner Edler von Siegringen, military officer; attended school at Kratzau and vocational school at Reichenberg; entered high military school at Mährisch-Weißkirchen (Hranice na Moravĕ); studied at the military academy and war school at Vienna; commissioned lieutenant (1894), promoted to major (1904); attained the rank of lietenant-colonel before the beginning of World War I; appointed chief of staff of the of the XV Corps at the Isonzo Front, with the rank of colonel (1915); was repeatedly decorated; active in planning the campaigns along the Italian-Slovenian border; head of a bureau at the war ministry charged with the re-organization of the army; inspector general (from 1923) of the Armed Forces; retired in the rank of general (1924); joined the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei, SDAP); elected member of the Bundesrat (1924-1934); military adviser for the Schutzbund, a Socialist paramilitary organization; served as Chairman of the Bundesrat (1 Dec 1933 - 17 Feb 1934); was briefly imprisoned after the abortive 1934 coup for his Schutzbund activities; prosecuted on political charges and detained by the Nazi (1944); joined the Socialist Party (Sozialistische Partei Österreichs, SPÖ); elected member of the Nationalrat (1945-1951); appointed mayor of Vienna (1945-1951) by the Soviet occupation authorities; elected Bundespräsident (served 21 Jun 1951 - 4 Jan 1957); died in office (4 Jan 1957). Biography source: [5] Elections: Candidate Popular vote (6 May 1951) Popular vote (27 May 1951) Heinrich Gleißner 1,725,451 2,006,322 Theodor Körner 1,682,881 2,178,631 Burghard Breitner 662,501 — Gottlieb Fiala 219,969 — Johannes Ude 5,413 — Ludovica Hainisch, geb. Marchet 2,132 — invalid votes 72,227 188,241 total number of votes cast 4,370,574 4,373,194 Source for election results: [2, pp. 4-5] [1] Now Komorn/Komárom is divided into two towns situated on both banks of the Danube: Komárno (Slovakia) and Komárom (Hungary). [2] "Bundespräsidentenwahl vom 25. April 2004" (Bundesministerium für Inneres, 2004) [3] Arbeiter Zeitung, Nummer 141, Freitag, 22. Juni 1951. [4] Arbeiter Zeitung, Nummer 4, Samstag, 5. Jänner 1957. [5] Österreich-Lexikon (web site). Image: photograph (c. 1950), Präsidentschaftskanzlei, Vienna. Last updated on: 25 Jun 2009 20:00:00
