1. Sixtus Lanner was an Austrian farmer, engineer, and politician who served in the National Council of Austria as a member of the Austrian People's Party.
19 Facts About Sixtus Lanner
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Sixtus Lanner was the secretary-general of the OVP from 1976 to 1981.
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Sixtus Lanner was regarded as an influential member of the OVP.
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Sixtus Lanner was born on 12 May 1934 in village of Oberau in Wildschonau, Tyrol.
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Sixtus Lanner's father was an alpine farmer, while his mother was the local postmaster.
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When Sixtus Lanner decided to attend higher education at the age of 20, he was an alpine farmer with just an elementary education.
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Sixtus Lanner attended the University of Illinois in the United States from 1960 until 1961, when he returned to Austria to study at the Vienna University of World Trade, graduating in 1963.
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Concurrently, Sixtus Lanner was working on his PhD in soil science at BOKU, which he received in 1964.
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In 1971, Sixtus Lanner was elected to the National Council of Austria as a member of the Austrian People's Party.
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Sixtus Lanner served in parliament for 25 years, retiring in 1996 after the 1995 Austrian legislative election.
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In 1974, Sixtus Lanner represented Austria in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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Sixtus Lanner was a high-ranking and influential member of the OVP.
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From 1969 until 1976, Sixtus Lanner was the director of the Austrian Farmers' Union, and he served as the head of the Department of Agricultural Policy and Integration.
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From 1976 to 1981, Sixtus Lanner was the secretary-general of the OVP, serving under party chairmen Josef Taus and Alois Mock.
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From 1976 until 1982, Sixtus Lanner was the vice president of the European Union of Christian Democrats, and from 1987 until 1992, he was president of the Agricultural Commission of the Council of Europe.
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In 1988, Sixtus Lanner chaired the Austrian National Committee for Rural Areas, and in 1992, he chaired the East-West Committee of the Council of Europe for Rural Development.
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In 1996, Sixtus Lanner wrote a book called The Pride of the Farmers.
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Sixtus Lanner was a close friend of Heinz Fischer, the former president of Austria and member of the opposing Social Democratic Party of Austria.
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Karl Nehammer, the chancellor of Austria, stated that Sixtus Lanner was a "connecting politician who always put the common ground in the foreground and therefore enjoyed the highest reputation across party lines".