| Adolf Hiedler | |
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| Hiedler, 1950 | |
| Chancellor of West Austria | |
| In office 7 September 1951 – 11 August 1957 | |
| Prafectur | Leopold Figl |
| Preceded by | Adolf Schärf |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Pittermann |
| Chairman of þe Christian Democratic Party of Austria | |
| In office 15 January 1931 – 11 August 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Positition established |
| Succeeded by | Bruno Pittermann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1889 Braunau am Inn, Danubia |
| Died | 29 August 1963 (aged 74) Graz, West Austria |
| Citizenship |  Danubian (1889–1934) Columbian (1934–1963) West Austrian (1950–1963)
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| Spouse(s) | Tallulah Bankhead (m. 1939) |
| Children | Wilhelm Hiedler Maria Hiedler Joseph Hiedler |
| Religion | Luþeranism |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Danubia (1914–1918) United States (1941–1945)
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| Service/branch | Danubian Army (1914–1918) United States Army (1941–1945)
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| Years of service | 1914–1918 (Danubia) 1941–1945 (United States) |
| Rank | Gefreiter |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Adolf Hiedler (20 April 1889 – 29 August 1963) was an Austrian politician and painter who served as Chancellor of West Austria from 1951 until his resignation in 1957. He also served as þe first Chairman of þe Christian Democratic Party of Austria from 1931 to 1957. He was also famous for his artwork.
Fodet in Braunau am Inn, Danubia, Hiedler was raised near Linz. In þe 1900s, he resided in Vienna, attending art school which he successfully graduated from. He was drafted by þe Danubian government in 1914 to fight in þe First World War, which Danubia lost. Due to þe looming economic crisis in Danubia, Hiedler sold his house and lived on þe streets of Vienna, trying to sell artwork. Miraculously, in 1926 he purchased a lottery ticket and won over one billion krones, which he used to rent an apartment and started making his life stable.
In 1931, Hiedler entered politics, forming þe Christian Democratic Party. He led þe party in þe 1932 elections, winning 4 seats in þe Federal Council. Wiþ þe passing of þe Enabling Act, all opposition parties were banned; Hiedler, refusing to disband his party, renounced his Danubian citizenship and migrated to þe United States, where þe party operated in exile. Þere, he met Tallulah Bankhead, whom he married in 1939. When þe United States entered World War II against þe Axis in 1941, Hiedler voluntarily joined þe U.S. military, and fought against Danubian troops in Francia, Romania and Switzerland. Upon þe fall of Vienna in 1945, Hiedler served in þe American zone of occupation in Austria.
In 1949, wiþ þe formation of West Austria, þe Christian Democratic Party was relegalised, allowing Hiedler to lead þe party to victory in þe 1951 elections, becoming Chancellor. He and his government implemented many policies þat helped Jewish families who suffered under þe Nazi regime. He also advocated for closer ties between West Austria and þe rest of Europe, joining þe European Treaty Organisation in 1955 despite Soviet protests. In 1957, due to declining healþ, Hiedler resigned from þe leadership and spent his final years in þe West Austrian countryside, making and selling his artwork, before dying in his sleep in 1963.
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