Erwin Lanc | |
Office: | 2nd Honorary President of International Handball Federation |
Term Start: | 26 November 2000 |
President: | Hassan Moustafa ![]() |
Vicepresident: | Staffan Holmqvist ![]() Miguel Roca Mas ![]() Joël Delplanque ![]() |
Predecessor: | Paul Högberg ![]() |
Office1: | 4th President of International Handball Federation |
Term Start1: | 25 July 1984 |
Term End1: | 26 November 2000 |
Vicepresident1: | Vladimir Krivcov (1984 – 1992) Babacar Fall ![]() Nabil Salem ![]() |
Predecessor1: | Paul Högberg ![]() |
Successor1: | Hassan Moustafa ![]() |
Office2: | Foreign Minister of Austria |
Chancellor2: | Fred Sinowatz |
Term Start2: | 24 May 1983 |
Term End2: | 10 September 1984 |
Predecessor2: | Willibald Pahr |
Successor2: | Leopold Gratz |
Office3: | Interior Minister of Austria |
Chancellor3: | Bruno Kreisky |
Term Start3: | 8 June 1977 |
Term End3: | 24 April 1983 |
Predecessor3: | Otto Rösch |
Successor3: | Karl Blecha |
Office4: | Minister of Transport |
Chancellor4: | Bruno Kreisky |
Term Start4: | 17 September 1973 |
Term End4: | 8 June 1977 |
Birth Date: | 17 May 1930 |
Birth Place: | Vienna, First Austrian Republic |
Party: | Social Democratic Party of Austria |
Alma Mater: | University of Vienna |
Blank1: | Religion |
Data1: | Roman Catholicism |
Erwin Lanc (born 17 May 1930) is a former Austrian bank employee and politician (SPÖ, Austrian Social Democratic Party).
Born in Vienna, Lanc worked at the Ministry of Social Affairs from 1949 to 1955. In 1959, he joined the Vienna-based Zentralsparkasse. In 1966, he became chairman of the SPÖ in the Margareten district of Vienna. He was a member of the Vienna city council and provincial parliament from 1960 to 1966. From 1966 to 1983 he was a member of the Nationalrat. In 1973, he joined the government as the Minister of Transport. In 1977 he became Minister of the Interior, and from 1983 to 1984 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1]