Heinrich Mataja | |
|---|---|
 Heinrich Mataja before 1920 | |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 30 October 1918 – 15 March 1919 | |
| Chancellor | Karl Renner |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Karl Renner |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 20 November 1924 – 15 January 1926 | |
| Chancellor | Rudolf Ramek |
| Preceded by | Alfred Grünberger |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Ramek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1877 Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died | 23 January 1937 (aged 59) Vienna |
| Political party | Christian Social Party |
| Profession | |
Heinrich Mataja (14 March 1877 – 23 January 1937) was an Austrian lawyer and politician of the Christian Social Party.
Mataja was from 1913 to 1918 a member of the Imperial Council (Austria). From 21 October 1918, he was a member of the from this emerged Provisorische Nationalversammlung for the Republic of German-Austria, of 4 March 1919, a member of the Constituent National Assembly and from 10 November 1920 – 1930 member of the National Council (Austria).[citation needed]
During this period he was still from 30 October 1918 to 15 March 1919 in the government Renner I State Minister of the Interior and from 20 November 1924 to 14 January 1926 Austrian foreign minister.[citation needed]
He supported the Christian Federal State of Austria formed in 1934 by Engelbert Dollfuss. He was from 1896 to 1900 a member of the fraternity Wiener Akademische Burschenschaft Olympia.[1]
He was brought with the signs of a stroke to hospital on 22 January 1937.[2] He died there the next day. On 27 January 1937 he was buried at the Wiener Zentralfriedhof[3] in an honorary grave of the town Vienna.[4]
