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Hans Pretterebner

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Hans Pretterebner
Member of the National Council of Austria
In office
7 November 1994 – 28 September 1995
Personal details
Born(1944-04-08)8 April 1944
Haselsdorf-Tobelbad, Reichsgau Steiermark, Germany
Died12 October 2024(2024-10-12) (aged 80)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Political partyFPÖ
OccupationJournalist

Hans Pretterebner (8 April 1944 – 12 October 2024) was an Austrian journalist and politician. A member of the Freedom Party, he served in the National Council from 1994 to 1995.[1]

He helped uncover the Lucona scandal that occupied Austrian politics from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.[2]

Pretterebner died in Vienna on 12 October 2024, at the age of 80.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Hans Pretterebner". Austrian Parliament (in German).
  2. ^ ""Fall Lucona"-Aufdecker Hans Pretterebner 80-jährig gestorben: Der Herausgeber der Magazine "Politische Briefe" und "Top-Information" deckte 1977 gemeinsam mit Gerald Freihofner den Skandal um einen wegen Versicherungsbetrugs versenkten Frachter auf". Der Standard (in German). Vienna. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. ^ "„Lucona Aufdecker" Pretterebner gestorben". ORF (in German). 17 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.