Kurt Waldheim

Kurt Waldheim
9th Preses o Austrick
In office 8 Julie 1986 – 8 Julie 1992
Chancellor	Franz Vranitzky
Precedit bi	Rudolf Kirchschläger
Succeedit bi	Thomas Klestil
4t Secretar-General o the Unitit Naitions
In office 1 Januar 1972 – 31 December 1981
Precedit bi	U Thant
Succeedit bi	Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Personal details
Born	Kurt Josef Waldheim 21 December 1918(1918-12-21) Sankt Andrä-Wördern near Vienna, German Austrick
Dee'd	14 Juin 2007(2007-06-14) (aged 88) Vienna, Austrick
Naitionality	Austrian
Poleetical pairty	Austrian Fowk's Pairty
Spoose(s)	Elisabeth Waldheim (1944-2007)
Bairns	3
Alma mater	Vienna Consular Academy
Profession	lawyer, diplomat
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Awairds	Iron Cross 2nt Class Medal o the Croun o Keeng Zvonimir
Signatur
Militar service
Service/brainch	Austrick - Österreichisches Bundesheer (1936-1937) Germany - Heer (1941-1945)
Rank	Oberleutnant
Unit	5 Alpine Division Pusteria Kampfgruppe West 9t Airmy 11t Italian Airmy Airmy Group E
Battles/wars	Warld War II

Kurt Josef Waldheim (German pronunciation: [ˈkʊɐ̯t ˈvaldhaɪm]; 21 December 1918 – 14 Juin 2007) wis an Austrian diplomat an politeecian. Waldheim wis the fowert Secretar-General o the Unitit Nations frae 1972 tae 1981, an the nint Preses o Austrick, frae 1986 tae 1992. While he wis runnin for Preses in Austrick in 1985, his service as an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht durin Warld War II raised internaitional controversy.