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Leopold Figl (2 October 1902 – 9 May 1965) was an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the first Chancellor after World War II. As foreign minister, he subsequently took part in the negotiations on the Austrian State Treaty, which he signed in 1955.
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Leopold Figl (2 October 1902 – 9 May 1965) was an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the first Chancellor after World War II. As foreign minister, he subsequently took part in the negotiations on the Austrian State Treaty, which he signed in 1955.
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Life Born a farmer's son in the Lower Austrian village of Rust im Tullnerfeld, Figl after graduation as Dipl.-Ing. of Agriculture at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna became vice chair of the Lower Austrian Bauernbund (Farmer's League) in 1931 and chairman in 1933. In 1930, Figl married Hilde Hemala (1906–1989) and had two children. After the authoritarian revolution of Engelbert Dollfuss, which led to the Ständestaat dictatorship, Figl became a member of the council of economic policy and leader of the paramilitary organisation of Ostmärkische Sturmscharen in Lower Austria. After the Anschluss, the Nazis deported Figl to Dachau concentration camp in 1938 due to his prominent position in the Ständestaat. He was released in May 1943 and subsequently worked as an oil engineer. In October 1944, he was rearrested and taken to Mauthausen concentration camp. On 21 January 1945, he was brought back to Vienna together with the later executed resistance fighter Heinrich Maier. The folder of his dossier was marked with the abbreviation 'VG' indicating that a Volksgerichtshof (People's Court) trial, often ending with a death penalty, was planned or in preparation. Figl was released on 6 April 1945, when the Soviet Army took…
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Beatification In December 2020, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sankt Pölten opened his cause for beatification. He currently holds the title "Servant of God".