Bruno Kreisky

Bruno Kreisky
Kreisky, photographed in 1983
Chancellor of Austria
In office 21 April 1970 – 24 May 1983
President	Franz Jonas Rudolf Kirchschläger
Vice-Chancellor	Rudolf Häuser Hannes Androsch Fred Sinowatz
Preceded by	Josef Klaus
Succeeded by	Fred Sinowatz
Chair of the Social Democratic Party
In office 1 February 1967 – 27 October 1983
Preceded by	Bruno Pittermann
Succeeded by	Fred Sinowatz
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 16 July 1959 – 19 April 1966
Chancellor	Julius Raab Alfons Gorbach Josef Klaus
Preceded by	Leopold Figl
Succeeded by	Lujo Tončić-Sorinj
Personal details
Born	(1911-01-22)22 January 1911[1] Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died	29 July 1990(1990-07-29) (aged 79) Vienna, Austria
Resting place	Vienna Central Cemetery
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse	Vera Fürth ​ ​ (m. 1942; died 1988)​
Children	2
Education	University of Vienna

Bruno Kreisky (German: [ˈbʁuːno ˈkʁaɪ̯ski]; 22 January 1911 – 29 July 1990) was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister from 1959 to 1966 and as Chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72 at the end of his chancellorship, he was the oldest Chancellor after World War II. His 13-year tenure was the longest of any Chancellor in republican Austria.

With his 13-year chancellorship, known as the Kreisky era, he is one of the most important political figures in the country as well as in Western European social democracy. Partly at the same time as him, the Social Democrats Willy Brandt of West Germany and Olof Palme of Sweden were heads of government, with whom he worked closely in the Socialist International.