Karl Lueger | |
|---|---|
 Photograph of Karl Lueger, c. 1897 | |
| Mayor of Vienna | |
| In office 8 April 1897 – 10 March 1910 | |
| Preceded by | Josef Strobach |
| Succeeded by | Josef Neumayer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 October 1844 Wieden, Austrian Empire (current-day Austria) |
| Died | 10 March 1910 (aged 65) Vienna, Austria-Hungary (current-day Austria) |
| Political party | Christian Social Party |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Karl Lueger (German: [ˈlu̯eːɡɐ]; 24 October 1844 – 10 March 1910) was an Austrian lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of Vienna from 1897 until his death in 1910. He is credited with the transformation of Vienna into a modern city at the turn of the 20th century, although the populist and antisemitic politics of the Austrian Christian Social Party (CS), which he founded and led until his death, remain controversial, as they are sometimes viewed as a model for Adolf Hitler's Nazism.[1]
- ^ Fareed Zacharia, The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad, Norton, 2003, 2007, p. 60