Erwin Scharf (29 August 1914 in Wittingau â 6 September 1994 in Vienna) was an Austrian politician. During World War II, he was a partisan fighter in the Freedom Battalions in Yugoslavia. He then became the central secretary of the SPÃÂ. He was also involved in the Revolutionary Socialists.
In the beginning of the post-war era he objected to the pact between SPÃÂ and ÃÂVP, and favoured an alliance with the KPÃÂ. He was eventually expelled from the SPÃÂ, and joined the KPÃÂ where he would become a politburo member.