Ferdinand Lacina

Ferdinand Lacina
Minister of Finance
In office 16 June 1986 – 6 April 1995
Prime Minister	Franz Vranitzky
Preceded by	Franz Vranitzky
Succeeded by	Andreas Staribacher
Personal details
Born	(1942-12-31) 31 December 1942 (age 82)
Nationality	Austrian
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Austria
Alma mater	Vienna University of Economics and Business

Ferdinand Lacina (born 31 December 1942) is an Austrian politician. He served as finance minister from 1986 to 1995.

Early life

Lacina was born on 31 December 1942.[1] He is a graduate of Vienna University of Economics and Business.[1] He was among the leading figures of the antifascist student movement in the 1960s.[2]

Career

Lacina is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria. He served as minister of transport and nationalized industries.[3] On 16 June 1986 he was appointed finance minister, replacing Franz Vranitzky in the post.[3] The cabinet was led by Franz Vranitzky.[4] Lacina successfully reduced the federal deficit to 3.2% in 1994 following a long period of consolidation.[3] His tenure lasted until 6 April 1995 when he resigned from office.[4] Andreas Staribacher succeeded him in the post.

Following the retirement from politics Lacina was named the general director of the GiroCredit Bank.[5] He was also a member of Bank Medici's supervisory board.[6] Lacina is the president of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation.[7]

References

1. "Who is who in the Austrian Parliament". parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
2. Matti Bunzi (2004). Symptoms of Modernity: Jews and Queers in Late-Twentieth-Century Vienna. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520238428.
3. Günter Bischof; Anton Pelinka; Ferdinand Karlhofer, eds. (1999). The Vranitzky Era in Austria. New Brunswick, NJ; London: Transaction Publishers. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-4128-4113-9.
4. "Austrian finance minister resigns". Associated Press. 29 March 1995. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
5. "About the workshop" (PDF). University of Vienna. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
6. Nelson D. Schwartz; Julia Werdigier (17 January 2009). "From behind the curtain, Madoff drew in victims Lawsuit sheds light on network of agents". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
7. "New initiative on Central Europe created at JHU SAIS". States News Service. 10 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

External links

• Media related to Ferdinand Lacina at Wikimedia Commons