Theodor Körner (Austrian president)

Theodor Körner
5th President of Austria
In office June 21, 1951 – January 4, 1957
Chancellor	Leopold Figl Julius Raab
Preceded by	Karl Renner
Succeeded by	Adolf Schärf
2nd Mayor and State Governor of Vienna (Second Republic)
In office April 17, 1945 – June 18, 1951
Preceded by	Rudolf Prikryl
Succeeded by	Franz Jonas
Personal details
Born	(1873-04-23)April 23, 1873 Újszőny by Komorn, Austria-Hungary now Komárom, Hungary
Died	January 4, 1957(1957-01-04) (aged 83) Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Austria
Awards	Austro-Hungarian Military Merit CrossThird Class Imperial Order of the Iron CrownThird Class Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa
Military service
Service/branch	Austro-Hungarian Army (1894–1918) Volkswehr (People's Defence) (1918–1920) Österreichisches Bundesheer (Austrian Armed Forces) (1920–1924)
Rank	First lieutenant Captain Major Colonel General
Unit	72nd Infantry Brigade at Zagreb General Staff Officer at Mostar (1908) Hungarian Infantry Regiment at Levoča (1910) Instructor on General Staff Services at the Military School in Vienna (1912) Balkan Army High command officer at Petrovaradin (1914) Planning and deployment operations for the Battles of the Isonzo (1915–1917)
Commands	XV and VII Imperial Army Chief of Staff (1915 and 1916 respectively) First Isonzo Army Chief of Staff (end of 1917)
Battles/wars	World War I

Theodor Körner, Edler von Siegringen (German pronunciation: [ˈteːoˌdoːɐ̯ ˈkœʁnɐ]; April 23, 1873 – January 4, 1957) served as the fifth President of Austria, between 1951 and 1957.

As son of an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, he was born in Újszőny, (today Komárom, Hungary). Family legend has it that he was related to the poet of the same name, but these stories are not proven.

Körner attended the military school in Mährisch Weißkirchen (Hranice), the military academy, and became lieutenant in 1894. He served as an officer in Agram (today Zagreb, Croatia) and was promoted to major in 1904, in which year he became a member of the Austrian staff. During World War I, he was an active commander on the Italian front. He resigned from his military career in 1924 as a General.

Always interested in politics, he joined the social democrats and became a member of parliament in 1924. He served as Chairman of the Federal Council of Austria between December 1933 and February 1934.

The civil war in Austria and the installation of the austro-fascist dictatorship under Engelbert Dollfuss ended Körner's career as a politician. He was arrested, like other members of his party, by the authoritarian government that banned all opposition parties and put their representatives into prison. During World War II, Körner was again imprisoned, this time by the Nazis.

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