Kurt Waldheim
Politician
1918 – 2007
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Who was Kurt Waldheim?
Kurt Josef Waldheim was an Austrian diplomat and politician. Waldheim was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and the ninth President of Austria, from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for President in Austria in 1985, his service as an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II raised international controversy.
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- Born
- Dec 21, 1918
St Andra-Wordern - Parents
- Spouses
- Elisabeth Waldheim
(1944 - 2007)
- Elisabeth Waldheim
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Austrians
- Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Education
- University of Vienna
- Austrian Diplomatic Academy
- Employment
- Secretary-General of the United Nations
(1972/01/01 - 1981/12/31)
- Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Died
- Jun 14, 2007
Vienna
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on July 23, 2013
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