{"id":"bruno-kreisky","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bruno-kreisky","language":"en","name":"Bruno Kreisky","name_en":"Bruno Kreisky","name_ne":null,"description":"Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)","headline":"Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Bruno Kreisky (German: [ˈbʁuːno ˈkʁaɪ̯ski]; 22 January 1911 – 29 July 1990) was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as foreign minister from 1959 to 1966 and as chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72, he was the oldest chancellor after World War II.","summary_more":["Kreisky's 13-year tenure was the longest of any chancellor in republican Austria and, as an influential political figure in Western European social democracy, he worked closely with like-minded leaders Willy Brandt of West Germany and Olof Palme of Sweden in the Socialist International."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"22 January 1911","date":"1911-01-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Vienna","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1741"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"29 July 1990","date":"1990-07-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Vienna","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1741"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Cisleithania","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q533534","end":"1918-10-31"},{"text":"Austria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40","start":"1918-11-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"diplomat","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193391"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"war correspondent","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q164236","date":"1939"},{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Social Democratic Party of Austria","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179111"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Vienna","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165980"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Vera Alice Kreisky","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119350713","start":"1942-04-23","end":"1988-12-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Federal minister of National Defence (4 February 1971 – 8 February 1971)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29076858","start":"1971-02-04","end":"1971-02-08"},{"text":"Federal Chancellor of Austria (21 April 1970 – 24 May 1983)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006398","start":"1970-04-21","end":"1983-05-24"},{"text":"Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria (16 July 1959 – 19 April 1966)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5468294","start":"1959-07-16","end":"1966-04-19"},{"text":"member of the National Council of Austria (8 June 1956 – 30 September 1983)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17535155","start":"1956-06-08","end":"1983-09-30"},{"text":"Secretary of State (2 April 1953 – 16 July 1959)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2325273","start":"1953-04-02","end":"1959-07-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3295156","date":"1983"},{"text":"Orden wider den tierischen Ernst","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2029100","date":"1961"},{"text":"Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20966518"},{"text":"Order of Karl Valentin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1730163","date":"1980"},{"text":"Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31696"},{"text":"Freedom Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1453512","date":"1975"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66476530"},{"text":"honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42559576"},{"text":"Bavarian Order of Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672787"},{"text":"Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10905105"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Kreisky","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Bruno Kreisky born?","a":"Bruno Kreisky was born on 22 January 1911 in Vienna."},{"q":"What positions has Bruno Kreisky held?","a":"Positions held by Bruno Kreisky include: Federal minister of National Defence (1971–1971); Federal Chancellor of Austria (1970–1983); Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria (1959–1966); member of the National Council of Austria (1956–1983); Secretary of State (1953–1959)."},{"q":"Where did Bruno Kreisky study?","a":"Bruno Kreisky was educated at University of Vienna."}],"related":[{"name":"Kurt Schuschnigg","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kurt-schuschnigg"},{"name":"Josef Klaus","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/josef-klaus"},{"name":"Alfred Gusenbauer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfred-gusenbauer"},{"name":"Carl Vaugoin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/carl-vaugoin"},{"name":"Otto Ender","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/otto-ender"},{"name":"Arthur Seyss-Inquart","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-seyss-inquart"},{"name":"Sebastian Kurz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sebastian-kurz"},{"name":"Wolfgang Schüssel","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wolfgang-schussel"},{"name":"Karl Renner","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/karl-renner"},{"name":"Michael Mayr","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-mayr"},{"name":"Engelbert Dollfuss","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/engelbert-dollfuss"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/bruno-kreisky-a16ff6ce4a.jpg","width":500,"height":356,"license":"CC BY-SA 2.0","credit":"Votava ( SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation )","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruno_Kreisky_1983.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Bruno Kreisky","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Kreisky","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q44517","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44517","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Bruno Kreisky 1983.jpg by Votava ( SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation ) (CC BY-SA 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruno_Kreisky_1983.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Bruno Kreisky, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Bruno Kreisky 1983.jpg — Votava ( SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation ), CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Bruno Kreisky\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/bruno-kreisky. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T12:00:53Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/bruno-kreisky","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/bruno-kreisky","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/bruno-kreisky?lang=ne"}}