born May 10, 1899, Eferding, Austria
died March 15, 1956, Schruns
Austrian politician.
In 1930 he became leader of the fascist Austrian Heimwehr, a paramilitary defense force, and in 1932 he helped Kurt von Schuschnigg resulted in Starhemberg's expulsion from the government (May 1936). He fled Austria after the {{link=Anschluss">Anschluss (1938). Following a brief period of service early in World War II in the British and Free French air forces, he lived in Argentina (1942–55) before returning to Austria.