Fritz Bock | |
Office1: | Vice-Chancellor of Austria |
Chancellor1: | Josef Klaus |
Term Start1: | 19 April 1966 |
Term End1: | 19 January 1968 |
Predecessor1: | Bruno Pittermann |
Successor1: | Hermann Withalm |
Office2: | Minister of Commerce and Reconstruction |
Chancellor2: | Julius Raab Alfons Gorbach Josef Klaus |
Term Start2: | 19 September 1956 |
Term End2: | 19 April 1966 |
Predecessor2: | Udo Illig |
Successor2: | Otto Mitterer |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1911 |
Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Party: | Austrian People's Party |
Spouse: | Anna Dörrich |
Alma Mater: | University of Vienna |
Fritz Bock (26 February, 1911 12 December 1993) was an Austrian politician notable for having co-founded the Austrian People's Party in 1945 and having been Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 1966 to 1968.[1]
During the dictatorial government of Kurt Schuschnigg, Bock was responsible for anti-Nazi propaganda as propaganda director of the Fatherland Front. He was also involved in organizing the referendum on maintaining Austrian independence. After the annexation of Austria, Bock was arrested on 15 March 1938 and was taken to Dachau concentration camp. However, he was released on health grounds in 1939.