11 Facts About Michael Hainisch

Michael Hainisch's mother Marianne Hainisch was a leader in the suffrage movement.

Michael Hainisch started out as a lawyer and an official of the Treasury and of the Education Department, but then retired to his estates in Lower Austria and Styria, where he carried on model farming, became a leader of the Austrian branch of the Fabian movement, and one of the founders of the Central People's Library.

Michael Hainisch was chosen president because of his personal authority, although he was not a member of the parliament.

Michael Hainisch was elected and assumed office in 1920, and stayed for two periods until 1928.

Michael Hainisch was married to Emilia Figdor, the descendant of a prominent Viennese assimilated Jewish family.

Michael Hainisch did a lot to develop the agricultural sector, encouraged the electrification of the railway, tried to develop more tourism especially in the Alps.

Michael Hainisch became a protector of local traditions and culture and initiated the creation of the law of protected monuments.

Michael Hainisch became an honorary member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Michael Hainisch subsequently served as Commerce Minister from 1929 to 1930.

Michael Hainisch died in February 1940, just nearly two years after the Anschluss and a few months after World War II started.

Michael Hainisch was a fertile author of works on sociology and politics:.