Alois Mock (born June 10 1934) is a politician and member of the Austrian People's Party . He was Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989. As foreign minister he helped take Austria into the European Union. Born in Euratsfeld, Lower Austria, Mock went on to study law at the University of Vienna and later international law in Bologna and Brussels.

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  • Alois Mock (born June 10 1934) is a politician and member of the Austrian People's Party . He was Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989. As foreign minister he helped take Austria into the European Union. Born in Euratsfeld, Lower Austria, Mock went on to study law at the University of Vienna and later international law in Bologna and Brussels. In Vienna, he became a member of K.A.V. Norica Wien, a Roman Catholic student fraternity, which is a member of the Cartellverband. From 1961 to 1966 Alois Mock advised the Bundeskanzler Josef Klaus on European Economic Community and EFTA policy and for the OECD in Paris. In 1966 he became Klaus' cabinet secretary and from 1969-1970 was the youngest education minister Austria had ever had. After the Nationalrat elections of 1971 - where the Social Democratic Party of Austria under Bruno Kreisky won a majority - he became a member of parliament and mayor of Euratsfeld. From 1971 to 1978, "Lois" chaired the ÖAAB, the most important grouping of the ÖVP. From 1978 to 1987 he was chairman of the parliamentary party and from 1979 was also federal party chairman. He was later to be succeeded by Josef Riegler, Erhard Busek and Wolfgang Schüssel.In 1979, Mock became the President of the European Democrat Union, and from 1983 to 1987 also of the international Christian democratic International Democratic Union . At the 1983 elections the ÖVP got almost the same percentage as Kreisky's SPÖ, who did not want to continue without an absolute majority and therefore retired. Following the 1986 elections, from 1987 to 1989 Alois Mock was Austrian Vice Chancellor in the government of Franz Vranitzky . He held the position of foreign minister from 1987 to 1995, leading Austria into the European Union. He became one of Austria's most popular politicians. In June 1989, in the area of Odenburg, he cut the wire of the Iron Curtain at the fortified border with Communist neighbour Hungary, together with his Hungarian counterpart Gyula Horn. During the following months thousands of East German citizens could therefore emigrate to Austria and West Germany. This marked the beginning of the fall of Communism. Together with Hans-Dietrich Genscher of Germany he decided to acknowledge the independence of Slovenia and Croatia, but Europe nevertheless could not prevent the Yugoslavian wars.In November 1989 Mock was one of the founders of the Central European cooperative called Pentagonale, which later grew from 5 countries to the 16 of the CEI (Central European Initiative). In 1999 he retired from parliament due to Parkinson's disease. (en)
  • Alois Mock (s. 10. kesäkuuta 1934) on itävaltalainen Kansanpuolueen poliitikko. Mock syntyi Euratsfeldissä. Hän opiskeli lakia Wienin yliopistossa ja sitten kansainvälistä lakia Bolognassa ja Brysselissä. Mock toimi uransa varhaisessa vaiheessa mm. Itävallan opetusministerinä vuosina 1969–1970. Vuonna 1971 hänet valittiin parlamentin jäseneksi ja Euratsfeldin pormestariksi. Vuonna 1979 hänestä tuli Euroopan demokraattisen unionin puheenjohtaja, ja vuosina 1983–1987 hän johti Kansainvälistä demokraattista unionia (IDU). Mock oli Itävallan varaliittokanslerina vuosina 1987–1989. Hänen ulkoministerikautensa 1987–1995 päätteeksi maasta tuli EU:n jäsenvaltio. Hän vetäytyi vuonna 1999 parlamentista Parkinsonin taudin johdosta; hänellä on ollut sairaus vuodesta 1995. (fi)
  • Alois Mock (* 10. Juni 1934 in Euratsfeld, Niederösterreich) ist ein österreichischer Politiker. Er war Vizekanzler und Außenminister der Republik Österreich. (de)
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  • Alois Mock (born June 10 1934) is a politician and member of the Austrian People's Party . He was Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989. As foreign minister he helped take Austria into the European Union. Born in Euratsfeld, Lower Austria, Mock went on to study law at the University of Vienna and later international law in Bologna and Brussels. (en)
  • Alois Mock (s. 10. kesäkuuta 1934) on itävaltalainen Kansanpuolueen poliitikko. Mock syntyi Euratsfeldissä. (fi)
  • Alois Mock (* 10. Juni 1934 in Euratsfeld, Niederösterreich) ist ein österreichischer Politiker. (de)
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  • Alois Mock (en)
  • Alois Mock (fi)
  • Alois Mock (de)
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