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Josef Staribacher

Austrian politician (1921-2014)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 7, 2025
Entity authorityQ1572199 ↗
Source-derived summary

Josef Staribacher (25 March 1921 – 4 January 2014) was an Austrian politician.

Staribacher died of pneumonia on 4 January 2014 at the age of 92.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Josef Staribacher” as austrian politician (1921-2014). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Josef, Staribacher and Austrian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1921, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1921-03-25. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Josef, Staribacher and Austrian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Josef Staribacher”, the useful work is to connect “austrian politician (1921-2014)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1572199. VIAF identifies the subject as 316876626. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921 and 2014.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Josef Staribacher” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.