Hermann Lichtenegger

Hermann Lichtenegger (September 14, 1900, Knittelfeld, Styria, – March 11, 1984, Vienna) was an Austrian socialist trade unionist, KPÖ politician, and an Under-Secretary of State for Industry, Commerce, Trade, and Traffic in the post-war provisional Renner government. For his early work as a unionist and wartime KPÖ activities he was considered a Widerstandskämpfer, resistance fighter.

Life

Lichtenegger was a trained locksmith and in 1921 he was hired by the Austrian Federal Railways.

Post-War At the third cabinet council meeting of the party leaders on May 4, 1945 in the KPÖ house in Schottenfeldgasse, where Lichtenegger had previously organized a meeting of the railway workers, he was nominated for the provisional government; from May 4 to December 20, 1945, Lichtenegger served as the Under-Secretary of State for Industry, Commerce, Trade, and Traffic in the provisional Renner Government. Lichtenegger later became the Vice President of the General Directorate of the Austrian State Railways, and from April 22, 1946 he was a member of the Central Committee of the KPÖ. He played a leading role in the reconstruction of the railway system in Austria.