Wilhelm Miklas
1872–1956 (age 84)
Biography
Wilhelm Miklas devoted decades to public service, first as a teacher and then as a parliamentarian of the Christian Social Party before being elected president of the Austrian Republic in 1928.
He steered the nation through a turbulent decade, sought to uphold the constitution as pressures mounted from authoritarian currents, and although forced to step aside during the Anschluss, he remained a figure of solemn integrity in the republic's memory.