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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Thomas Klestil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Fluent in English, Klestil was the Austrian Ambassador to the United Nations (1978–1982) and Ambassador to the United States (1982–1987) prior to his election as president.
		Klestil, who during his election campaign had vowed to be an "active" president, repeatedly criticized the Austrian government and, in an interview with a Swiss daily given in 2003, stated that, theoretically speaking, it was in his power to dismiss the government any time he found it necessary to do so.
		Thomas Klestil, who had three grown-up children by his first marriage, divorced his wife of many years shortly after his successful election campaign of 1992 and subsequently, in 1998, married work colleague Margot Löffler, the woman he allegedly was already having an affair with at the time of his election.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Thomas-Klestil (2178 words)

	Thomas Klestil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Klestil (4 November 1932 – 6 July 2004) was an Austrian diplomat and politician.
		Klestil, who during his election campaign had vowed to be an "active" president, repeatedly criticized the Austrian government and, in an interview with a Swiss daily given in 2003, stated that, theoretically speaking, it was in his power to dismiss the government any time he found it necessary to do so.
		Thomas Klestil, who had three grown-up children by his first marriage, divorced his wife of many years shortly after his successful election campaign of 1992 and subsequently, in 1998, married work colleague Margot Löffler, the woman he allegedly was already having an affair with at the time of his election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Klestil (463 words)

	Thomas Klestil, 71; president of Austria - The Boston Globe
		Klestil won the respect, if not the affection, of Austrians for repairing much of the damage to the country's international image caused by revelations about the role of Kurt Waldheim, Austria's former president and a former UN secretary-general, in the German army under Hitler's Third Reich.
		Klestil, a conservative like Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, was a critic of Schuessel's decision to forge a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party of Joerg Haider in 2000 -- a decision that resulted in eight months of international diplomatic sanctions against Austria.
		Klestil, who succeeded Waldheim in 1992, was known for the famously stern and stony face he maintained in February 2000 when swearing in the first Austrian government to include the Freedom Party.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/07/07/thomas_klestil_71_president_of_austria (299 words)

	Thomas Klestil
		Klestil, who in 1996 was hospitalized twice with breathing difficulties, was under sedation and on artificial respiration.
		Klestil, a conservative like Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, was a critic of Schuessel's decision to forge a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party of Joerg Haider in 2000 -- a decision which resulted in eight months of international diplomatic sanctions against Austria.
		Klestil, who succeeded Waldheim in 1992, was also known for the famously stony face he maintained in February 2000 when swearing in the first Austrian government to include Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-07/07/content_358719.htm (599 words)

	Thomas Klestil - Wikipedia
		Klestil viene eletto Presidente della Repubblica Austriaca nel 1992, prendendo il posto di Kurt Waldheim, la cui presidenza aveva generato parecchie polemiche a causa dei guasti provocati da una scorretta politica di relazioni estere.
		Tuttavia i tentativi di Klestil di lavare la vita pubblica dell'Austria dall'onta del Nazismo hanno ricevuto un brusco colpo nel 2000, quando Wolfgang Schussel, leader del Partito Popolare, forma una coalizione con Jörg Haider, leader 50enne di un partito di estrema destra che cerca di guadagnare consensi con una demagogia xenofoba.
		Thomas Klestil muore all'età di 71 anni, solo 2 giorni dopo la fine del suo secondo mandato.
	it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Klestil (340 words)

	Thomas Klestil - Wikipedia
		Thomas Klestil (° 4 november 1932, Wenen – † 6 juli 2004, Wenen) was een Oostenrijks diplomaat, die van 1992 tot 2004 bondspresident van Oostenrijk was.
		In 1992 werd Klestil op voorstel van Mock en de ÖVP voorgedragen als opvolger van Kurt Waldheim als bondspresident van Oostenrijk.
		De tweede termijn van Klestil als president van Oostenrijk zou eindigen op 8 juli 2004.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Klestil (242 words)

	Four days of mourning begin in Austria for late President Thomas Klestil
		Klestil was to be laid to rest Saturday in a state funeral at Vienna's Central Cemetery following a requiem Mass at St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Austria Press Agency said.
		Klestil also was credited with helping to distance Austria from its Nazi past after years of controversy over his predecessor Kurt Waldheim's World War II service in the German army.
		Klestil was airlifted to the hospital Monday in critical condition after suffering heart failure.
	www.freenewmexican.com /news/1575.html (820 words)

	WHO'S WHO: Thomas Klestil
		Thomas Klestil was a well-known figure in the international arena by the time he came to office as president for the first time in 1992.
		Thomas Klestil repaired much of the damage done to Austria's image abroad by the scandal surrounding Waldheim, including expressing sympathy with the victims of the Holocaust in a speech to the Israeli parliament in 1994.
		Thomas Klestil won the respect, if not the affections, of the Austrian public, but his popularity suffered as a result of an affair with party aide Margot Loeffler, which prompted his wife of 37 years to leave him in 1994.
	www.novinite.com /view_news.php?id=36705 (499 words)

	Austrian President Thomas Klestil starts Iran visit
		Austrian President Thomas Klestil, on the first day of his visit to the Islamic Republic, hailed 'historical, friendly and deep-rooted' ties between the countries, saying his trip was aimed at accelerating their expansion, IRNA reported from Tehran.
		Klestil is accompanied by Austrian vice chancellor and transport minister, minister of social security and head of the Euro-Austria chamber of commerce among others.
		Klestil added that the Austrian government, in the aftermath of the quake, dispatched humanitarian aid to help relieve the sufferings of the quake-stricken people in Bam and solve a part of the problems in the city.
	www.payvand.com /news/04/jan/1180.html (1086 words)

	Thomas Klestil - Wikipédia
		Thomas Klestil (né le 4 novembre 1932 à Vienne, mort le 6 juillet 2004) fut un diplomate et homme politique autrichien.
		Comme, en outre, pendant la campagne électorale, Klestil avait exalté les valeurs traditionnelles de la famille intacte, cette nouvelle lui fait perdre, et de manière durable, une bonne partie du soutien de son électorat catholique conservateur.
		Comme Klestil se rend compte de ce qu'il plongerait le pays dans une crise politique sans précédent s'il n'acceptait pas ce gouvernement ou s'il se démissionnait, il finit par se résigner aux faits.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Klestil (997 words)

	Thomas Klestil - Wikipedia
		Klestil hadde under valgkampen lovet å være en aktiv president, og har stadig kritisert den konservative regjeringen utgått fra hans eget parti og Jörg Haiders Østerrikske Frihetsparti.
		Thomas Klestil, som hadde tre voksne barn fra sitt første ekteskap, skilte seg fra sin kone gjennom mange år kort etter at han ble valgt til president, og giftet seg på nytt i 1998 med sin kollega Margot Klestil-Löffler.
		Thomas Klestil har lidd av lungeproblemer siden 1996.
	no.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Klestil (212 words)

	Thomas Klestil - Wikipedia
		Nach der Wahl heiratete der mittlerweile geschiedene Klestil seine Freundin Margot Löffler.
		Innenpolitisch musste Klestil bald erfahren, dass die verfassungsrechtlichen Möglichkeiten eines österreichischen Bundespräsidenten zwar auf dem Papier recht bedeutend sind, doch in der politischen Praxis der Zweiten Republik weit gehend zum toten Buchstaben geworden sind.
		Thomas Klestil wäre, nach Rudolf Kirchschläger, der zweite Präsident der zweiten Republik geworden, der dieses Amt volle zwei Perioden ausgeübt hätte.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Klestil (1371 words)

	Thomas Klestil \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Austria's President Thomas Klestil has died of a heart attack, aged 71, two days short of leaving office after two six-year terms as head of state.
		Klestil saw it as one of his duties to keep in touch with Austrian émigrés and tried to restore their confidence in Austria.
		Klestil's foreign policy ambitions frequently came to a head when it came to decisions of participation in European Union summits.
	www.guardian.co.uk /austria/article/0,2763,1256536,00.html (851 words)

	Wiener Zeitung - Thomas Klestil
		1966 wurde Klestil vom damaligen Bundeskanzler Josef Klaus nach Wien berufen.
		Klestil punktete mit dem Slogan "Macht braucht Kontrolle".
		Klestils Popularität bekam- vor allem in ÖVP-Kreisen - erste Risse mit der Ehekrise.
	www.wienerzeitung.at /linkmap/personen/klestil.htm (674 words)

	USATODAY.com - Austria's president condition deteriorates, doctors say (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Klestil, whose second and last six-year term ends Thursday, was flown to Vienna's General Hospital on Monday after being found unconscious in his suburban villa and security guards resuscitated his heart with a defibrillator.
		Klestil's heart, liver, lungs and kidneys were not functioning properly, and the central nervous system had also been damaged, Zielinski said, adding that it was impossible to determine what kind of brain damage he had suffered.
		Klestil suffered from a severe case of pneumonia in 1996, and his lung problems had turned serious again in recent days.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-07-05-austria-president_x.htm (490 words)

	Blog of Death: Thomas Klestil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thomas Klestil, the president of Austria, died on July 6 of multiple organ failure.
		Klestil was appointed ambassador to the United Nations in 1978; he was named the Austrian ambassador to the United States four years later.
		Barred by the country's constitution from seeking a third term, Klestil's presidency was scheduled to end on July 8.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001074.html (287 words)

	Publication : Dead End - Eric Douglas, Thomas Klestil - Gopher Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thomas Klestil, the president of Austria, died of multiple organ failure at the age of 71.
		Klestil campaigned in vain for Austria end its neutral status by joining Nato, but was delighted when the country became a full member of the EU in 1995, strongly supporting such projects as monetary union and eastern enlargement.
		Thomas Klestil is survived by his second wife and by a daughter and two sons from his first marriage.
	archives.gophercentral.com /index.php!op!news!id!2964 (1271 words)

	Thomas Klestil / Austria / Europa / Biografías Líderes Políticos / Documentación / CIDOB - Fundación CIDOB
		El 8 de julio Klestil tomó posesión de su mandato sexenal en sustitución del antiguo secretario general de la ONU Kurt Waldheim, llegado al puesto en 1986 a instancias también del ÖVP, y con la promesa de ser un presidente "activo".
		Klestil, con sus suaves maneras, sus gestos de apaciguamiento y conciliación, y su proyección de bonhomía, devolvió el prestigio a la institución que ocupaba.
		Klestil recibió el último adiós el 10 de julio en un solemne funeral de Estado oficiado en la catedral de San Esteban de Viena por el cardenal primado Christoph Schönborn, quien le describió como un estadista profundamente comprometido con la integración en la UE de Austria y de sus vecinos de Europa central y oriental.
	www.cidob.org /es/documentacion/biografias_lideres_politicos/europa/austria/thomas_klestil (1399 words)

	Austrian President Thomas Klestil dies - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Klestil's death came fewer than two days before he was due to leave his largely ceremonial post after two six-year terms in office, the BBC reported.
		Klestil is credited with improving Austria's image abroad, which had been marred by the scandal surrounding Waldheim.
		Klestil expressed sympathy for the victims of the Holocaust during a speech to the Israeli parliament in 1994.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20040706-033856-7736r.htm (162 words)

	Das Parlament, Nr. 29-30 2004, 12.07.2004 - Österreich trauert um Thomas Klestil
		Er würdigte Klestils hohen Einsatz für den europäischen Einigungsprozess.
		Bundestagspräsident Wolfgang Thierse gab seiner Betroffenheit über den plötzlichen Tod des Politikers Ausdruck und erinnerte daran, dass Thomas Klestil erst vor wenigen Wochen Deutschland besucht hatte.
		Thomas Klestil, der seine zwölfjährige Präsidentschaft für die konservative Volkspartei (ÖVP) übernahm, versuchte vergeblich, seinem vor allem repräsentativen Amt mehr politisches Gewicht zu geben.
	www.das-parlament.de /2004/29-30/Titelseite/002.html (335 words)

	Thomas Klestil, president of Austria for 12 years; 71 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Austrian President Thomas Klestil died in Vienna yesterday, two days before his second six-year term was to end.
		Klestil, who had battled lung ailments for several years, died after a heart failure.
		Klestil distinguished himself by speaking out numerous times against Austria's Nazi complicity during World War II, expressing sympathy for Holocaust victims during a first-term visit to Israel.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040707/news_1m7klestil.html (114 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- President of Austria, Thomas Klestil, dies at 71 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		VIENNA, Austria – President Thomas Klestil, who helped distance Austria from its Nazi past and strengthened the country's ties with emerging Eastern European democracies, died two days before he was to leave office.
		Klestil died shortly before midnight from multiple organ failure, officials at Vienna's General Hospital told The Associated Press.
		Klestil strengthened the country's ties with emerging democracies in Eastern Europe and in 1993 began convening a yearly meeting of the heads of state of Central European countries.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040707-0449-obit-klestil.html (540 words)

	The funeral of Austria’s President Thomas Klestil was underway in Vienna.
		The funeral of Austria’s President Thomas Klestil was underway in Vienna.
		Foreign dignitaries have arrived in Vienna for the funeral of Klestil.
		Klestil, who died aged 71 of complications following heart failure, was to be buried at Vienna's Central Cemetery after the funeral service.
	www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv /news.php?newsid=2924 (115 words)

	elmundo.es - Thomas Klestil, el primer presidente de Austria que visitó Israel
		Klestil sucedió en el más alto cargo de la nación al polémico Kurt Waldheim, ex secretario general de Naciones Unidas criticado por haber mentido sobre su papel en el Tercer Reich de Adolf Hitler durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un hecho que aisló al país durante los seis años de su mandato.
		Klestil no consiguió tampoco acercar a Austria a la OTAN, algo en lo que insistió a lo largo de su mandato, y que hubiera supuesto acabar con la neutralidad de esta república, un estatus profundamente anclado en el país y recogido en su Constitución.
		Klestil nació en Viena el 4 de noviembre de 1932 en una familia modesta, su padre era conductor de tranvías, algo que no le impidió licenciarse en la prestigiosa Escuela de Altos Estudios de Comercio Exterior, donde concluyó su doctorado en Comercio en 1957.
	www.elmundo.es /elmundo/2004/07/07/obituarios/1089157990.html (869 words)

	CNN.com - Austrian president dies at 71 - Jul 7, 2004
		Klestil was barred by the constitution from running for a third term.
		Klestil's heart stopped beating on Monday as he was being flown by helicopter to Vienna's General Hospital after being found unconscious.
		Klestil brought calm to an office frayed by controversy surrounding his predecessor's past in the Nazi army.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/07/06/austria.president (338 words)

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