Friedrich Peter

Friedrich Peter (born July 13, 1921 in Attnang-Puchheim, Upper Austria, died September 25, 2005 in Vienna) was an Austrian politician who served as the chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria from 1958 to 1978.

Controversy with Jörg Haider and later life

His relationship to Jörg Haider was rather strained. The final split came in 1992 after Haider made a public comment on the "Third Reich's proper employment policies." Peter spoke of a "shameful lapse" of Haider, saying that this statement "forced him to break his self-imposed silence and to remind party leaders of their political and statutory responsibilities in public."

Related Topics:
Jörg Haider - 1992 - Third Reich

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Friedrich Peter died on September 25, 2005 in Vienna's Hanuschkrankenhaus hospital, where he had been treated for kidney disease for several weeks.

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