Kurt Waldheim
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| 9th President of Austria | |
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In office 8 July 1986 – 8 July 1992 |
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| Chancellor | Franz Vranitzky |
| Preceded by | Rudolf Kirchschläger |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Klestil |
| 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
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In office 1 January 1972 – 31 December 1981 |
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| Preceded by | U Thant |
| Succeeded by | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
| Foreign Minister of Austria | |
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In office 19 January 1968 – 21 April 1970 |
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| Chancellor | Josef Klaus |
| Preceded by | Lujo Tončić-Sorinj |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Kirchschläger |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Kurt Josef Waldheim 21 December 1918 Sankt Andrä-Wördern near Vienna, German Austria |
| Died | 14 June 2007 (aged 88) Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Political party | Austrian People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth Waldheim |
| Children | Lieselotte Gerhard Christa |
| Alma mater | Vienna Consular Academy |
| Profession | lawyer, diplomat |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Awards |
Iron Cross 2nd Class Medal of the Crown of King Zvonimir |
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| Military service | |
| Service/branch |
 Austria (1936–1937) Germany (1941–1945) |
| Rank | Oberleutnant |
| Unit |
5 Alpine Division Pusteria Kampfgruppe West 9th Army 11th Italian Army Army Group E |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Kurt Josef Waldheim (German pronunciation: [ˈkʊɐ̯t ˈvaldhaɪm]; 21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian diplomat and politician. Waldheim was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and the ninth President of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for president in Austria in 1985, the revelation of his service in Salonica as an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II raised international controversy.
Waldheim was born in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, a village near Vienna, on 21 December 1918. His father was a Roman Catholic school inspector of Czech origin named Watzlawick (original Czech spelling Václavík) who changed his name that year as the Habsburg monarchy collapsed. Waldheim served in the Austrian Army (1936–37) and attended the Vienna Consular Academy, where he graduated in 1939. Waldheim's father was active in the Christian Social Party. Waldheim himself was politically unaffiliated during these years at the Academy. Three weeks after the German annexation of Austria in 1938, Waldheim applied for membership in the National Socialist German Students' League (NSDStB), a division of the Nazi Party. Shortly thereafter he became a registered member of the mounted corps of the SA.
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