Bruno Pittermann [SEP] place of birth
Bruno Pittermann
Bruno Pittermann (born 3 September 1905 in Vienna; died 19 September 1983 in Vienna) was an Austrian social democrat politician. He served as both the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria from 1957 to 1967, and the Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1957 to 1966. From 1964 to 1976, he was president of the Socialist International.
-Chancellor Bruno Pittermann according to the "Proporz" system that had governed Austria since 1945. In the 1966 legislative election, the ÖVP under Klaus won an absolute majority. Despite this, memories of the factionalism that had plagued the First Republic were still strong enough that Klaus initially tried to continue the grand coalition. However, when talks with Pittermann's successor as Socialist leader, Bruno Kreisky, failed, Klaus formed the first one-party government of the Second Republic. In June first steps were agreed on joining the European