Erwin Lanc
Office2nd Honorary President of International Handball Federation
Term start26 November 2000
Term end29 March 2025
PresidentHassan Moustafa
Vice presidentStaffan Holmqvist (2000 – 2007)
Miguel Roca Mas (2009 – 2017)
Joël Delplanque (2017 – 2025)
PredecessorPaul Högberg
Office 14th President of International Handball Federation
Term start 125 July 1984
Term end 126 November 2000
Vice president 1Vladimir Krivcov (1984 – 1992)
Babacar Fall (1992 – 1996)
Nabil Salem (1996 – 2000)
Predecessor 1Paul Högberg
Successor 1Hassan Moustafa
Office 2Foreign Minister of Austria
Chancellor 2Fred Sinowatz
Term start 224 May 1983
Term end 210 September 1984
Predecessor 2Willibald Pahr
Successor 2Leopold Gratz
Office 3Interior Minister of Austria
Chancellor 3Bruno Kreisky
Term start 38 June 1977
Term end 324 April 1983
Predecessor 3Otto Rösch
Successor 3Karl Blecha
Office 4Minister of Transport
Chancellor 4Bruno Kreisky
Term start 417 September 1973
Term end 48 June 1977
Birth date17 May 1930
Birth placeVienna, Austria
Death date29 March 2025 (aged 94)
PartySocial Democratic Party of Austria
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Blank 1Religion
Roman Catholicism

Erwin Lanc (17 May 1930 – 29 March 2025) was an Austrian bank employee and politician (SPÖ, Austrian Social Democratic Party).

Life and career

Born in Vienna, Lanc worked at the Ministry of Social Affairs from 1949 to 1955. In 1959, he joined the Vienna-based Zentralsparkasse. In 1966, he became chairman of the SPÖ in the Margareten district of Vienna. He was a member of the Vienna city council and provincial parliament from 1960 to 1966. From 1966 to 1983 he was a member of the Nationalrat. In 1973, he joined the government as the Minister of Transport. In 1977 he became Minister of the Interior, and from 1983 to 1984 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1] Lanc died on 29 March 2025, at the age of 94.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Vienna Cabinet Shuffled; Infighting Is Denied". The New York Times. AP. 4 September 1984. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  2. ^ Sozialdemokratie trauert um Bundesminister a.D. Erwin Lanc (in German)