title: Anton Benya
text: # Anton Benya
  
  Anton Benya (born 8 October 1912 in Vienna, died 5 December 2001) was an Austrian politician (with the Social Democratic Party of Austria) and trade unionist. He was President of the National Council from 1971 to 1986.
  
  ## Honours and awards
  
  * Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (1972)
  * Commander's Cross with Star of Burgenland (1972)
  * Grand Gold Medal with Star for Services to the City of Vienna (1972)
  * Gold Medal of the French Senate (1972)
  * Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1972)
  * Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1974)
  * Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1975)
  * Decoration for Services to the Liberation of Austria (1977)
  * Honorary Citizen of the City of Vienna (1977)
  * Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark, 1979)
  * Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic (Spain, 1979)
  * Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (Sweden, 1980)
  * Carinthian provincial Order in Gold (1982)
  * Medal of the French President in silver (1982)
  * Honorary Diploma of the City Council of Eisenerz (1983)
  * Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (Portugal, 1984)
  * Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1985)
  * Medal for service to the Parliament of the People's Republic of Poland (1986)
  * Medal of Europe in silver
  * Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (France)
  * Grand Cross of the Order of Honour (Greece)
  * Medal for Merit in resistance against fascism (Czechoslovakia)
  * Order of the Yugoslav Great Star
  * Order of Tudor Vladimirescu, 1st class (Romania)
  * Order of the Renaissance, 1st class (Jordan)
  * Gold Medal of the Parliament of South Africa
  * Order of the Golden Heart, 2nd class (Kenya)
  * Ring of honor in Gold of the Mineworkers Federation of Bolivia
  * Medal of the Greater London Council in Silver
  * Medal from the Mayor of Vienna
  * Honorary Medal of the Vienna University of Economics and Business
  