Heide Schmidt (born November 27, 1948 in Kempten im Allgäu, Germany) is an Austrian politician. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kempten im Allgäu is the largest city in Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich
A lawyer and formerly a prominent member of Jörg Haider's Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), in 1993 Schmidt was one of a group of politicians who, because of Haider's increasingly right-wing verbal politics, seceded from the FPÖ and founded the Liberal Forum. Jörg Haider (January 26 1950 – October 11 2008 was an Austrian politician The Freedom Party of Austria ( Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ is a political party in Austria. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Liberal Forum (Liberales Forum LIF is a small liberal party in Austria.
From 1990 until 1994 Schmidt was Third President of the National Council of Austria. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The National Council (Nationalrat is one of the two houses of the Federal Assembly of Austria, the bicameral federal Parliament of Austria Also, she twice ran for Austrian Presidency both in 1992 when she was nominated by the FPÖ and in 1998 by the Liberal Forum. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
As of 2005, Schmidt heads a non-profit organization, Institut für eine offene Gesellschaft (Institute for an Open Society). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage
External links
- http://www.ioge.at/ (Institut für eine offene Gesellschaft)
| Preceded by New Creation |
LiF Party Chairman 1993–2000 |
Succeeded by Christian Köck |