Alfons Adam Explained

Alfons Adam
Birth Date:1 August 1944
Birth Place:Carinthia, Alpine and Danube Reichsgaue
Death Place:Sankt Pölten, Austria
Nationality:Austrian
Occupation:Politician

Alfons Adam (1 August 1944 – 3 May 2021) was an Austrian politician and lawyer.

Biography

Adam was heavily active in anti-abortion movements and served as chairman of PRO VITA, a movement for the "right to life".[1] On 15 October 2005, he founded the Christian Party of Austria, originally called the Christians. In the 2008 Austrian legislative election, he was the party's leading candidate, but failed to win a seat. In November 2008, he was replaced by as party leader.

In early 2009, Adam left the party altogether and founded the Christen-Allianz the following year.[2] [3] In November 2013, he was fined 5400 euros for hate speech, when he made inflammatory comments about Buddhism in a mailing program.[4] He appealed to the, which reduced the fine to 2700 euros, half of which was suspended.[5] On 26 January 2016, the ruling was overturned altogether by the Supreme Court and referred the case back to the Regional Court.[6] He later founded the OKZIDENT (Association for the Promotion of the Rule of Law), of which he served as deputy chairman.[7] He was a member of the Viennese Association of Academics.[8]

Alfons Adam died in Sankt Pölten on 3 May 2021 at the age of 76 following a short, hard illness.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Impressum. PRO VITA. German.
  2. Web site: Christenpartei-Gründer startet mit neuer Gruppierung. 14 January 2010. Die Presse. German.
  3. Web site: Parteigründung oder Spaltung? Christen-Allianz. 14 January 2010. Schreibfreiheit. German.
  4. Web site: Gründer der "Christen"-Partei wegen Verhetzung verurteilt. 13 November 2013. Die Presse. German.
  5. Web site: Wien: Adam ist nicht Charlie!. 30 May 2015. Stoppt die Riechen. German. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150530225051/http://www.stopptdierechten.at/2015/05/30/wien-adam-ist-nicht-charlie/. 30 May 2015.
  6. Web site: Justiz (OGH, OLG, LG, BG, OPMS, AUSL). 17 March 2016. Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort. German.
  7. Web site: Impressum. Occident Society. German. 2021-05-07. 2020-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20200927071343/http://www.verein-okzident.at/index.php/impressum/. dead.
  8. Web site: Mitglieder. Wiener Akademikerbund. German.
  9. Web site: Alfons Adam – Nachruf auf einen Unbeugsamen. 3 May 2021. Occident Society. German.