Emil Fey
Emil Fey (23 March 1886 – 16 March 1938) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army, leader of the right-wing paramilitary Heimwehr forces and politician of the First Austrian Republic. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria (German: Vizekanzler) from 1933 to 1934, leading the country into the period of Austrofascism under Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß. Fey played a vital role in the violent suppression of the Republikanischer Schutzbund (Republican Protection League) and, during the 1934 Austrian Civil War, of the Social Democratic Workers' Party .
Emil Fey | |
|---|---|
| Vice-Chancellor of Austria | |
| In office 21 September 1933 – 1 May 1934 | |
| Chancellor | Engelbert Dollfuß |
| Preceded by | Franz Winkler |
| Succeeded by | Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 30 July 1934 – 29 October 1935 | |
| Chancellor | Kurt Schuschnigg |
| Preceded by | Robert Kerber |
| Succeeded by | Eduard Baar-Baarenfels |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1886 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 16 March 1938 (aged 51) Vienna, Nazi Germany |
| Political party | Heimatblock Christian Social Party Fatherland's Front |
| Profession | Military |
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