Background
HESOUN, Josef was born on April 12, 1930 in Vosendorf.
HESOUN, Josef was born on April 12, 1930 in Vosendorf.
Vocational school; foremen’s college. Trained as motor mechanic.
Secretary to the Union of Construction Workers and Lumberjacks, 1961, and later provincial Secretary. Leader of the Union of Construction Workers and Lumberjacks, since 1986. Committee member of the Chamber of Workers and Employees, Lower Austria.
President, Chamber of Workers and Employees, Lower Austria, since 1974. Member of the Bundesrat, 1975-1979. Member of the Nationalrat for Lower Austria, 1979.
Vice-President,, Austrian Trade Union Federation, December since 1990. Minister of Employment and Social Affairs. Manual worker and office employee, Wienerberger, Vôsendorf.