Richard Lugner

Richard Lugner
Lugner in 2019
Born
Richard Lugner

(1932-10-11)11 October 1932
Vienna, Austria
Died12 August 2024(2024-08-12) (aged 91)
Vienna, Austria
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • politician
Spouses
  • Christine Gmeiner
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    (m. 1961; div. 1978)​
  • Cornelia Laufersweiler
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    (m. 1979; div. 1983)​
  • Susanne Dietrich
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    (m. 1984; div. 1989)​
  • Christina Lugner
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    (m. 1990; div. 2007)​
  • Cathy Schmitz
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    (m. 2014; div. 2016)​
  • Simone Reiländer
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    (m. 2024)​
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Children4
Lugner (left) with painter Johann Gassenhuber

Richard Siegfried "Mörtel" Lugner[4] (11 October 1932 – 12 August 2024) was an Austrian businessman in the construction industry, a Viennese society figure, and an independent politician.[5][6][7]

He was known for constructing Vienna’s first mosque and renovating the city’s main synagogue. He also opened Lugner City, a prominent shopping mall, and became famous for inviting celebrities to the Vienna Opera Ball.

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  2. ^ "Richard Lugner über seine fünf Ex-Frauen: "Cathy war mein größter Flop"". kurier.at (in German). 29 April 2024. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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  5. ^ "Richard Lugner to Run for Austrian President". Vindobona.org | Vienna International News. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  6. ^ SPIEGEL, DER (4 March 2011). "A Gem of a Date: 'Bunga Bunga' Meets High Society at the Vienna Opera Ball – DER SPIEGEL – International". Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Billionaire has debts of €65 million". www.thelocal.at. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2020.