Karl Renner The Austrian statesman and president Karl Renner (1870-1950) provided his nation with vigorous and able leadership after both world wars. Karl Renner was born on Dec. 14, 1870, the eighteenth and last child of impoverished peasants in the Moravian villag... more
Renner, Karl (born Dec. 14, 1870, Unter-Tannowitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary—died Dec. 31, 1950, Doebling, Austria) Austrian chancellor (1918–20, 1945) and president (1945–50). A lawyer, he served in the Reichsrat (lower house) from 1907. He became t... more
