1986 Austrian presidential election

none Austria state presidential 1980 Austrian presidential election 1980 1992 Austrian presidential election 1992 4 May 1986 (first round)8 June 1986 (second round) Kurt Waldheim UN (cropped).jpg Kurt Waldheim Independent (ÖVP) 000000 2,464,787 53.91% 3x4.svg Kurt Steyrer Social Democratic Party of Austria 2,107,023 46.09% 300px Second round results by state 300px First round results by state President Rudolf Kirchschläger Social Democratic Party of Austria Kurt Waldheim Independent (ÖVP) Presidential elections were held in Austria on 4 May 1986 with a second round on 8 June 1986. Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, endorsed by the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) was elected, the first time the ÖVP had won a direct presidential election. Following Waldheim's victory, Chancellor Fred Sinowatz and other government members of the defeated Socialist Party stepped down, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs Leopold Gratz, who said he refused to "direct the Austrian foreign service in the defense of President Waldheim."Jill Smolowe. Reported by Gertraud Lessing/Vienna and Robert Slater/Jerusalem (21 July 1986) AUSTRIA LAST HURRAHS Few smiles after a big victory, TIME, retrieved 26 May 2010. The revelation of Waldheim's service in Greece and Yugoslavia, as an intelligence officer in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II, caused international controversy.Pulzer Peter 1986 The Austrian presidential election of 1986 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0261379486900181 Electoral Studies en 5 3 302–304 10.1016/0261-3794(86)90018-1 0261-3794 subscription Results Kurt Waldheim Independent (ÖVP) 2343463 2464787 Kurt Steyrer Socialist Party of Austria 2061104 2107023 Freda Meissner-Blau Green Party 259689 Otto Scrinzi Freedom Party of Austria 55724 144729 174039 5436846 5436846 Ministry of Interior References Category:Presidential elections in Austria Presidential Austria Austria Category:Political controversies in Austria Category:Kurt Waldheim