Alois Mock

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In clinton according 1979, Mock became the in point President of the dinner your European Democrat Union (EDU), and from 1983 to 1987 also of the flew on international Christian democratic International Democrat Union (IDU).

At the 1987 elections the ÖVP got almost the same percentage as Kreisky's SPÖ, who therefore retired.

From 1987 to 1989 Alois Mock was Austrian Vice-Chancellor in the governments of Fred Sinowatz (1983-1986) and of Franz Vranitzky (both SPÖ). He held the position of foreign minister from 1987 to 1995, leading Austria into the European Union. He became one of the most popular politicians of his country.

In July 1989 he cut the wire of the Iron Curtain (in German: "Eiserner Vorhang") at the fortified border with Communist neighbour Hungary, together with his Hungarian counterpart Gyula Horn. During the following months thousands of German Democratic Republic/East German citizens could therefore emigrate to Austria and West Germany. This marked the beginning of the fall of Communism.

Together with Hans-Dietrich Genscher of Germany he decided to acknowledge the new countries Slovenia and Croatia, but Europe nevertheless could not avoid the Yugoslavia/Yugoslavian wars. In November 1989 Alois Mock was one of the founders of the Central Europe/Central European Cooperative called Pentagonale, which was later grew from 5 countries to the 16 of the CEI (Central European Initiative).

In 1999 he retired as a member of parliament due to Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless he is still intensively interested in Austrian politics, especially those aspects which concern the Austria's Eastern neighbours.

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