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Engelbert Dollfuss
Portrait by Tom von Dreger, 1934
Chancellor of Austria
In office 20 May 1932 – 25 July 1934
President
Wilhelm Miklas
Vice-Chancellor
Franz Winkler Emil Fey Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Preceded by
Karl Buresch
Succeeded by
Kurt Schuschnigg
Leader of the Fatherland Front
In office 20 May 1933 – 25 July 1934
Preceded by
Party established
Succeeded by
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 20 May 1932 – 10 July 1934
Preceded by
Karl Buresch
Succeeded by
Stephan Tauschitz
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office 18 March 1931 – 25 June 1934
Preceded by
Andreas Thaler
Succeeded by
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Personal details
Born
(1892-10-04)4 October 1892 Texing, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died
25 July 1934(1934-07-25) (aged 41) Vienna, Austria
Manner of death
Assassination by gunshot
Resting place
Hietzinger Cemetery, Vienna, Austria
Political party
Fatherland Front (1933–1934)
Other political affiliations
Christian Social Party (until 1933)
Spouse
Alwine Glienke
Children
Hannerl Eva Rudolf
Parents
Josef Wenninger (father)
Josepha Dollfuss (mother)
Alma mater
University of Vienna
Cabinet
Dollfuss I–II
Military service
Allegiance
Austria-Hungary
Branch/service
Austro-Hungarian Army
Years of service
1914–1918
Rank
Oberleutnant
Unit
Kaiserschützen
Battles/wars
World War I
Italian Front
Awards
Military Merit Cross 3rd ClassMilitary Merit Medal (2 times)Medal for BraveryKarl Troop Cross (2 times)Wound Medal
Engelbert Dollfuß (alternatively: Dolfuss, German:[ˈɛŋəlbɛɐ̯tˈdɔlfus]; 4 October 1892 – 25 July 1934) was an Austrian politician who served as Chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he ascended to Federal Chancellor in 1932 in the midst of a crisis for the conservative government. This crisis culminated in the Self-elimination of the Austrian Parliament, a coup sparked by resignation of the presiding officers of the National Council. Suppressing the Socialist movement in the Austrian Civil War and later banning the Austrian Nazi Party, he cemented the rule of Austrofascism through the First of May Constitution in 1934. Later that year, Dollfuss was assassinated as part of a failed coup attempt by Nazi agents. His successor Kurt Schuschnigg maintained the regime until Adolf Hitler's Anschluss in 1938.
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