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1892-1934. Austrian Christian Socialist
politician. He was appointed chancellor in
1932, and in 1933 suppressed parliament and
ruled by decree. In Feb 1934 he crushed the
Social Democrats by force, and in May Austria
was declared a `corporative' state. The Nazis
attempted a coup d'etat on 25 July; the
Chancellery was seized and Dollfuss murdered.