The Austrian Federation of the Deaf (ÃÂGLB), , is a national federation for the deaf in Austria.
It is affiliated to the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) since 1951 and the European Union of the Deaf since 1995. It was established in 1913. Its headquarters are in Vienna. The president is Helene Jarmer.
The Austrian Federation of the Deaf includes 2000 members. The federation took his current name in 1985.
Presidents
- 1913âÂÂ1915 Karl Pawlek
- 1915âÂÂ1917 Josef Pollanetz
- 1917âÂÂ1919 Franz Wilhelm
- 1919âÂÂ1921 Theodor Kratochwil
- 1921âÂÂ1923 Georg Schwarzböck
- 1923âÂÂ1926 Karl Pawlek
- 1926âÂÂ1928 Theodor Kratochwil
- 1928âÂÂ1938 Georg Schwarzböck
- 1940âÂÂ1943 Karl Johann Brunner
- 1946âÂÂ1949 Heinrich Prochazka
- 1949âÂÂ1955 Karl Altenaichinger
- 1956âÂÂ1960 Heinrich Prochazka
- 1960âÂÂ1965 Karl Johann Brunner
- 1965âÂÂ1970 Gerhard Schmidt
- 1970âÂÂ1985 Willibald Tapler
- 1985âÂÂ1997 Peter Dimmel
- 1997âÂÂ2001 Trude Dimmel
- 2001â Helene Jarmer
See also
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