What is Thomas Klestil?
[[File:Thomas Klestil.jpg|thumb|200px|Klestil in 2001]] '''Thomas Klestil''' (4 November 1932 – 6 July 2004) was an [[Austria]]n politician and diplomat. He served as [[president of Austria]] from 1992 until his death in 2004. He was re-elected in 1998. He was a member of the [[Austrian People's Party|People's Party]]. Klestil was born in [[Vienna]]. He got [[divorce]]d from his first wife [[Edith Klestil|Edith Wielander]] in 1998. That same year, Klestil married diplomat [[Margot Klestil-Löffler|Margot Löffler]]. On 5 July 2004, three days before he was to leave office, Klestil had either a [[heart attack]] or [[heart failure]]. It may have been caused by his long-term lung problems. He was left in critical condition at a Viennese hospital. On 6 July, he died of [[multiple organ failure]]. He was 71.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/07/world/thomas-klestil-71-austrian-who-redeemed-the-presidency.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Thomas Klestil, 71, Austrian Who Redeemed the Presidency|date=7 July 2004|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Klestil, Thomas}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from multiple organ failure]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Austria]] [[Category:Politicians from Vienna]] [[Category:Presidents of Austria]] {{Bio-stub}}