What is Hugo Portisch?
[[File:2019_Ehrenzeichenüberreichung_an_Hugo_Portisch_(49238405502).jpg|thumb|Portisch (right) is given an award for his work, in 2019]] '''Hugo Portisch''' (19 February 1927 – 1 April 2021) was an [[Austria]]n historian and journalist. He had the gift of being able to explain in simple terms. In Austria, he is mostly known for writing authoritative Works on the First and Second Republic. He also worked with the Austrian newspaper [[Kurier]] in the 1950s and 1960s. In the mid-1960s, he advocated a state-controlled TV station which was to be independent of politics, known as [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] today. Portisch died on 1 April 2021, aged 94.<ref>[https://wien.orf.at/stories/3097350/ „ORF-Welterklärer“ Hugo Portisch ist tot] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Portisch, Hugo}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Austrian historians]] [[Category:Austrian journalists]] [[Category:People from Bratislava]]