Fred Sinowatz

Fred Sinowatz
Chancellor of Austria
In office 24 May 1983 – 16 June 1986
President	Rudolf Kirchschläger
Vice-Chancellor	Norbert Steger
Preceded by	Bruno Kreisky
Succeeded by	Franz Vranitzky
Vice-Chancellor of Austria
In office 20 January 1981 – 24 May 1983
Chancellor	Bruno Kreisky
Preceded by	Hannes Androsch
Succeeded by	Norbert Steger
Chair of the Social Democratic Party
In office 27 October 1983 – 11 May 1988
Preceded by	Bruno Kreisky
Succeeded by	Franz Vranitzky
Minister of Education and the Arts
In office 4 November 1971 – 24 May 1983
Chancellor	Bruno Kreisky
Preceded by	Leopold Gratz
Succeeded by	Helmut Zilk
Member of the National Council
In office 18 June 1986 – 22 September 1988
Constituency	Burgenland–Lower Austria–Vienna
In office 4 November 1971 – 31 May 1983
Constituency	1 – Burgenland
Personal details
Born	(1929-02-05)5 February 1929 Neufeld an der Leitha, Burgenland, Austria
Died	11 August 2008(2008-08-11) (aged 79) Vienna, Austria
Political party	Social Democratic Party
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Alfred Sinowatz (5 February 1929 – 11 August 2008) was an Austrian historian and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ), who served as Chancellor of Austria from 1983 to 1986. Prior to becoming Chancellor, he had served as Minister of Education from 1971 to 1983 and Vice-Chancellor from 1981 to 1983.

After a three-years term in office, Sinowatz resigned as Chancellor after Kurt Waldheim's victory in the 1986 presidential election.