Dr. Roland Jiresch

Roland Jiresch was born the son of Robert Jiresch, a Vienna municipal official and founder of the Rudolfina. He graduated from high school in Vienna-Währing (Klosterhasse) in 1930 and subsequently began his studies at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Vienna (Dr. iur. 1935), where he became a member of the Rudolfina fraternity. After completing his studies, he joined the City of Vienna’s municipal administration in April 1935.

Following the Anschluss in March 1938, Roland Jiresch was suspended from duty and, for political reasons, dismissed from service on October 31, 1938. In August 1939, he was drafted into the German Wehrmacht but was discharged by the end of 1939 for health reasons. He then worked in the construction industry throughout the war. Beginning in 1940, he became active in the resistance against National Socialism.

After the war, Roland Jiresch was reinstated as a municipal official. In November 1950, he transferred to the Legal Division of the City Planning Office, which he headed beginning in 1956. In 1959, he was promoted to Senate Councilor. Following the death of Eduard Chaloupka, the Head of the Presidential Section at the Federal Chancellery, Roland Jiresch was appointed his successor—that is, Head of the Section—effective November 1967.

Roland Jiresch retired at the end of 1977.