Jörg Haider
| Jörg Haider | |
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Haider in 2007
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| Governor of Carinthia | |
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In office 8 April 1999 – 11 October 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Christoph Zernatto |
| Succeeded by | Gerhard Dörfler |
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In office 21 April 1989 – 21 June 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Ambrozy |
| Succeeded by | Christoph Zernatto |
| Chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Austria | |
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In office 30 August 2008 – 11 October 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Westenthaler |
| Succeeded by | Stefan Petzner |
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In office 4 April 2005 – June 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Peter Westenthaler |
| Chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria | |
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In office 1986–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Norbert Steger |
| Succeeded by | Susanne Riess-Passer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 January 1950 Bad Goisern, Austria |
| Died | 11 October 2008 (aged 58) Köttmannsdorf, Austria |
| Political party |
Freedom Party of Austria (1970–2006) Alliance for the Future of Austria (2006–2008) |
| Spouse(s) | Claudia Haider-Hofmann (m. 1976–2008); his death |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Dr. iur. (law degree) |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Jörg Haider (German: [ˈjœɐ̯k ˈhaɪdɐ]; 26 January 1950 – 11 October 2008) was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia on two occasions, the long-time leader of the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and later Chairman of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich, BZÖ), a breakaway party from the FPÖ.
Haider was a controversial figure within Austria and abroad. Several countries imposed mild diplomatic sanctions against his party's participation in government alongside Wolfgang Schüssel's Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), starting from 2000. Haider died in a car accident shortly after leading the BZÖ in the 2008 Austrian Parliamentary elections.
Haider's parents had been early members of the Austrian Nazi Party (DNSAP, the Austrian affiliate of the NSDAP, the German Nazi Party). They were from different backgrounds. Haider's father, Robert Haider, was a shoemaker. His mother, Dorothea Rupp, was the daughter of a well-to-do physician and head of the gynaecology ward at the general hospital of Linz.
Robert Haider joined the DNSAP in 1929 as a fifteen-year-old boy, four years before Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. He remained a member even after the Nazi Party was banned in Austria and after Engelbert Dollfuss had dissolved the Austrian parliament and established the Ständestaat, a fascist dictatorship. In 1933, Haider senior moved to Bavaria but returned to Austria the following year after the failed Nazi attempt to overthrow the Austrian government. He was arrested and chose to move back to Germany where he joined the Austrian Legion, a division of the Sturmabteilung.
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