Dr. Franz Latzka

Franz Latzka attended elementary school in Vienna as well as two classes of secondary school (Hauptschule) and then transferred to grammar school, first in Vienna and then in Hollabrunn, where he joined the Arminia Hollabrunn secondary school fraternity. He graduated in 1922 and began studying at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Vienna in 1922 (Dr. iur. 1927). In 1923, he joined the Rudolfina student fraternity.

After his year in court, Franz Latzka joined the Vienna Financial Directorate. When Hans Rott was appointed State Secretary for the Legal Protection of Workers and Employees in the Federal Ministry of Social Administration in 1936, Franz Latzka was appointed his secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs.

After the Anschluss in March 1938, Franz Latzka was dismissed from his post and forced to retire. In 1939, he found employment at Garvenswerke (including pump production), where he worked as an authorized signatory until 1945. He subsequently became a member of the resistance circle around Lois Weinberger.

After the war, Franz Latzka was rehabilitated and moved to the Ministry of Finance. At the same time, he was also involved in the founding of the ÖVP and the ÖAAB. In 1945, he was initially the main advisor for social policy in the ÖVP's Federal Presidium and on October 3, 1945 took over from Karl Kummer as General Secretary of the ÖAAB, a position he held until April 16, 1946.

In 1946, however, Franz Latzka decided to pursue a career as a civil servant. From 1946, he headed the department for land acquisition, inheritance, capital transfer and motor vehicle taxes in the tax section under section head Josef Stangelberger. In 1948, he became head of the department for standard valuation, property and wealth tax. In 1952, he was appointed Head of Section and Head of the Personnel Section in the Ministry of Finance. He retired in 1966.