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67-882: Thaddaeus Ropac was born as Thaddäus Josef Ropač within a family of the Carinthian Slovenes in Klagenfurt /Austria, and was raised in Carinthia , Austria's southernmost state. He initially unearthed his passion for art on a school trip to the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna Museum of Art) 1978, and by attending workshops with the Austrian sculpture artist Karl Prantl (1979–1980). After finishing an apprenticeship in retail trade in Lienz / Austria (1978–1980), he founded his first gallery in 1981 and simultaneously went on to work at

134-416: A Slovene dialect with a large number of words borrowed from German – was Slovene at all. The persecution increased with the 1938 Anschluss and escalated in 1942, when Slovene families were systematically expelled from their farms and homes and many were also sent to Nazi concentration camps, such as Ravensbrück , where the multiple-awarded writer Maja Haderlap 's Grandmother was sent to. Following

201-413: A corporate title Chief executive officer (CEO) Chief financial officer (CFO) Chief operating officer (COO) Executive officer Education [ edit ] Chief academic officer, a provost Sabbatical officer Law enforcement [ edit ] Bylaw enforcement officer Corrections officer Customs officer Environmental Health Officer Officer of

268-841: A duty" the late Latin from officiarius , meaning " official ." Examples [ edit ] Ceremonial and other contexts [ edit ] Officer, and/or Grand Officer, are both a grade, class, or rank of within certain chivalric orders and orders of merit , e.g. Legion of Honour (France), Order of the Holy Sepulchre ( Holy See ), Order of the British Empire ( UK ), Order of Leopold ( Belgium ) Great Officer of State Merchant marine officer or licensed mariner Officer of arms Officer in The Salvation Army , and other state decorations Corporations [ edit ] Bank officer Corporate officer,

335-713: A first internship with Joseph Beuys for the already famous artist's exhibitions in Berlin 1981–1982. He spent also some time during the early eighties as freelancer in New York City . While in New York, Ropac became acquainted with young American artists such as Andy Warhol , Jean-Michel Basquiat , Keith Haring and Robert Mapplethorpe , which he started to exhibit as one of the first gallerists doing so in Central Europe. Ropac opened his first gallery in Lienz / Austria 1981, at

402-490: A merchant ship Third officer or third mate , typically the safety officer on a merchant ship Second Engineering Officer , the person in charge of the engine room on a merchant ship Third Engineering Officer , an Engineering Officer of the Watch See also [ edit ] First Officer (disambiguation) References [ edit ] ^ Heathfield, Susan (2021-02-19). "What Do Job Titles Signify on

469-532: A new law on schools that envisaged a bilingual education for all children in the traditional area of settlement of the Carinthian Slovenes, regardless of the ethnic group to which they belonged, was passed. Bilingual education took place in the first three school years, after which Slovene was a compulsory subject. After the signing of the State Treaty in 1955 and the solution of the hitherto open question of

536-577: A public-funded bilingual primary school, in addition to the one operated by the Church. As a result of a private initiative, the Slovene music school (Kärntner Musikschule/Glasbena šola na Koroškem) was founded in 1984 and has received public funds since 1998 when a co-operation agreement was concluded with the State of Carinthia. However, the amount of this financial support (in relation to the number of pupils) contravenes

603-529: A relaxation of relations between both population groups, the municipality showed a result of 91.5% in the 1951 census. Ultimately, in 1971 in the run-up to the Carinthian place-name signs dispute, the number of the Slovenes was reduced again to 24%. The representatives of Carinthian Slovenes regard the census results as the absolute lower limit. They refer to an investigation carried out in 1991 in bilingual parishes, in

670-454: Is being offered by schools is faced with the general development in the bilingual education system that has been described and that is viewed critically by Slovene organizations In 1957, the federal grammar school and federal secondary school for the Slovenes ( Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium für Slowenen/Zvezna gimnazija in Zvezna realna gimnazija za Slovence ) was founded, in whose building

737-492: Is cited as an example: according to the 1951 census the proportion of Slovene speakers was 80%, whereas in 1961—in absence of any significant migratory movements and with approximately the same population—the proportion dropped to only 11%. As a further example, the results of the former municipality of Mieger (now in the municipality of Ebental) are cited, which in 1910 and 1923 had a Slovene-speaking population of 96% and 51% respectively, but in 1934 only 3%. After World War II and

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804-539: Is made up not only of Januš and Lipuš, but also a number of other authors. Mirko Kumer, Kristo Srienc and Valentin Polanšek were part of the tradition, but in addition to Lipuš, Janko Messner was part of a small, more innovative group that is nevertheless committed to the literary tradition. Lipuš himself has developed into an outstanding belletrist. Younger prose authors include Jože Blajs, Martin Kuchling, Kristijan Močilnik and

871-529: Is rejected both by the Slovene government and by the organizations representing the interests of Carinthian Slovenes. The territorial integrity of Carinthia and its remaining part of Austria are said not to be placed in question at all. Since the 1990s, a growing interest in Slovene on the part of the German-speaking Carinthians has been perceptible, but this could turn out to be too late in view of

938-749: Is spoken. Carinthian Slovenes traditionally speak four dialects, all of them belonging to the Carinthian dialect group. These are the Jaun Valley dialect , the Rosen Valley dialect , the Gail Valley dialect , and the Ebriach dialect . The former, which is influenced by the Upper Carniolan dialect , can also be regarded as a subgroup of the Jaun Valley dialect. The Carinthian dialects are particularly unadulterated. In

1005-620: The Association of Slovene Organisations ( Zveza slovenskih organizacij – Zentralverband slowenischer Organisationen ), closer to left-wing and liberal policies. The main political association is the Carinthian Unity List ( Kärntner Einheitsliste ), a joint political platform that runs at local elections. Other important organizations include: The Christian cultural association and the National Council have endowed an annual award,

1072-710: The Central European University Anton Pelinka Roman Catholic prelate Egon Kapellari , Austrian politician Rudolf Kirchschläger and others. Officer Person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization For other uses, see Officer (disambiguation) . An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization . The term derives from Old French oficier "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French officier ), from Medieval Latin officiarius "an officer," from Latin officium "a service,

1139-728: The Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain in Paris. In May 2008, the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna received 17 works of art by Julius Deutschbauer, Walter Obholzer, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Hubert Scheibl and Erwin Wurm , among others, from Ropac's personal collection. In November 2009, the MdM (Museum der Moderne) in Salzburg organized an exhibition of the 25 works of art donated by Thaddaeus Ropac to

1206-461: The Holy Roman Empire . As a result of this, German noble families became gradually prevalent, while the rural population remained Slavic. Finally, Bavarian settlers moved into Carinthia, where they established themselves in the hitherto sparsely populated areas, such as wooded regions and high valleys. Only here and there did this lead to the direct displacement of Slavs (the development of

1273-500: The Landtag assembly. Similar to other European states, German nationalism in Austria grew in the interwar period and ethnic tensions led to an increasing discrimination against Carinthian Slovenes. Promises made were broken, assimilation was forced by dividing the Carinthian Slovenes into "nationalist" Slovenes proper and "Germanophile" Windisch , even by denying that their language –

1340-694: The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation , Ropac asked Hedi Slimane , Robert Wilson , and Sofia Coppola to act as guest curators and to select a series of the foundation's images for three gallery shows. The Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is present at all major contemporary art fairs including, the Armory Show in New York, the Art Basel fairs in Basel, Miami and Hong Kong, Frieze Art Fair in London and New York and

1407-591: The indigenous minority of Slovene ethnicity, living within borders of the Austrian state of Carinthia , neighboring Slovenia . Their status of the minority group is guaranteed in principle by the Constitution of Austria and under international law, and have seats in the National Ethnic Groups Advisory Council. The present-day Slovene-speaking area was initially settled towards the end of

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1474-490: The 1970s, the situation again escalated in a dispute over bilingual place-name signs ( Ortstafelstreit ), but thereafter became less tense. However, continuing up to the present, individual statements by Slovene politicians are interpreted by parts of the German-speaking population as Slovene territorial claims, and they therefore regard the territorial integrity of Carinthia as still not being guaranteed. This interpretation

1541-668: The 1990s. In the 2007/08 school year, 41% of the pupils in primary schools in the area in which the minority school system applied were registered for bilingual teaching – the proportion of children without previous knowledge of Slovene amounted to over 50%. The Slovene minority in Carinthia has a well-developed network of civil society institutions. The main "umbrella organizations" are the National Council of Carinthian Slovenes ( Narodni svet koroških Slovencev – Rat der Kärntner Slowenen ), representing Christian and conservative views, and

1608-712: The Art and Culture prize in August 2007 ( Kunst und Kulturpreis der Salzburger Wirtschaft ). In 2009, the annual chart compiled by the British magazine Art Review called Thaddaeus Ropac "one of Europe's foremost blue-chip gallerists." In 2013, Ropac was made Knight of the Legion of Honour in France. Carinthian Slovenes Carinthian Slovenes or Carinthian Slovenians ( Slovene : Koroški Slovenci ; German : Kärntner Slowenen ) are

1675-627: The Austrian German-speaking neighbors, as described by Maja Haderlap, after the WWII when they were forced by the British to withdraw from Austria. As the Nazi rule had strongy reinforced the stigmatization of Slovene language and culture, anti-Slovene sentiments continued after WWII amongst large swaths of the German-speaking population in Carinthia. On 15 May 1955, the Austrian State Treaty

1742-466: The Carinthian minority – Carinthian Slovenes as one of the non-Jewish Holocaust 's victims. In 1848, the Ministry of Education decreed that compulsory school pupils should be taught in their respective native language. The efforts of German nationalist forces in Carinthia to change this regulation were unsuccessful until the end of the 1860s. Between 1855 and 1869, the Slovene compulsory school system lay in

1809-648: The Einspieler Prize (named after the founder of the Hermagoras Society Publishing House, Andrej Einspieler ), to individuals who have rendered outstanding services to the cause of co-existence. The prize has been awarded to, among others, the industrialist Herbert Liaunig , the governor of South Tyrol Luis Durnwalder , and professor of general and diachronic linguistics at the University of Klagenfurt Heinz Dieter Pohl , scholar and professor at

1876-669: The German term Wenden is derived from the Latin Venetae , a denotation for both the ancient Adriatic Veneti and the Celtic Veneti in Gaul . From the 6th and 7th centuries onwards, the—neutral—term was applied to the people living in the Slavic principality of Carantania by German immigrants descending from Bavaria . It was perpetuated by Primož Trubar 's Catechismus in der windischen Sprach ,

1943-702: The Museum's permanent collection, which includes works by German, Swiss and Austrian artists. Ropac is a member of the Advisory Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Vienna, of the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) (Vienna), of the European University of Science & Art (Salzburg) and the Salzburg International Festival. Since 2009, Thaddaeus Ropac has been nominated President of the Board of Trustees of

2010-411: The Nazi persecution, Slovene minority members – including the awarded writer Maja Haderlap 's grandfather and father – joined the only Anti-Nazi military resistance of Austria, i.e. Slovene Partisans . Many returned to Carinthia, including its capital Klagenfurt, as part of Yugoslav Partisans. Families whose members were fighting against Nazis as resistance fighters, were treated as 'homeland traitors' by

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2144-587: The Salzburg Foundation, which encourages the display of art in public places. In 2005, Ropac was named Officier dans L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by French President Jacques Chirac for significant contribution to the arts. In November 2006, he received the gold cross from the Austrian Republic ( Verleihung goldenes Verdienstkreuz der Republik Österreich an Thaddaeus Ropac im Bundeskanzleramt ). The Chamber of Commerce in Salzburg awarded him

2211-420: The Slovene nation did not take place until later). A language border formed which kept steady until the 19th century. The local capital Klagenfurt , at this time a bilingual city with social superior German usage and Slovene-speaking environs, was also a centre of Slovene culture and literature. With the emergence of the nationalist movement in the late Austro-Hungarian Monarchy , there was an acceleration in

2278-561: The Slovene population. In the plebiscite zone in which the Slovene-speaking proportion of the population constituted about 70%, 59% of those who voted came out to remain with the First Austrian Republic . In the run-up to the plebiscite the state government gave an assurance that it would promote and support the retention of Slovene culture. These conciliatory promises, in addition to economic and other reasons, led to about 40% of

2345-474: The Slovene spoken in southern Austria until the 19th century. The term is still used in part (predominantly by German nationalist circles) as an overall term for Slovene dialects spoken in Carinthia. However, because of the historical associations of the term, "a German word with pejorative overtones", it is rejected by a large part of the Carinthian Slovene population. According to linguistic standards,

2412-515: The Slovenes living in the plebiscite zone voting to retain the unity of Carinthia. Voting patterns were, however, different by region; in many municipalities there were majorities who voted to become part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (mainly in the south). Initially, the Slovene community in Carinthia enjoyed minority rights like bilingual schools and parishes, Slovene newspapers, associations and representatives in municipal councils and in

2479-622: The age of 21, followed by a second one in Salzburg / Austria 1983, at the age of 23, which moved 1989 to the Villa Kast, Salzburg. He founded a third one in Paris Le Marais nine years later (1990). Launched with just one exhibition room, Ropac's space today stretches across three floors on Rue Debelleyme in Paris's Marais neighborhood. In 2012 he opened an additional gallery in Paris Pantin ,

2546-532: The assumption of a Windisch language or an eponymous Slovene dialect (as distinct from the Carinthian dialect group ) is not sustainable. For political reasons, Windisch is sometimes counted in addition to Slovene as a separate language category or as a mixed language . This perspective is also being revived by certain backward-looking groups in Slovenia and elsewhere through the rejected Venetic theory . Actually

2613-693: The bilingual federal commercial school ( Zweisprachige Bundeshandelsakademie/Dvojezična zvezna trgovska akademija ) has also been accommodated since 1991. Since 1989, there has been a secondary school ( Höhere Lehranstalt ) operated by the Roman Catholic Church in St Peter in Rosental (municipality of St Jakob). Following a decision by the Constitutional Court, school pupils in Klagenfurt are able to attend

2680-518: The course of the Austrian–Yugoslav border that was implicitly associated with this, there were protests against this model, culminating in 1958 in a school strike. As a result of this development, the state governor ( Landeshauptmann ), Ferdinand Wedenig, issued a decree in September 1958 that made it possible for parents or guardians to deregister their children from bilingual teaching. In March 1959,

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2814-541: The early medieval Migration Period by, among others, the West Slavic peoples, and thereafter eventually by the South Slavs , who became the predominant group (see Slavic settlement of Eastern Alps ). A South Slavic informal language with western Slavonic influence arose. At the end of the migration period, a Slavic proto-state called Carantania , the precursor of the later Duchy of Carinthia , arose; it extended far beyond

2881-449: The educational system was again altered to the effect that henceforth pupils had to register explicitly for bilingual education. As a result of what in effect was an associated compulsion to declare one's allegiance to an ethnic minority, the numbers of pupils in the bilingual system sank considerably. In 1958, only 20.88%, and in the 1970s, only 13.9% of bilingual pupils registered for German–Slovene teaching. The minorities' school law that

2948-419: The end of the 19th century, Carinthian Slovenes comprised approximately one quarter to one third of the total population of Carinthia, which then, however, included parts that in the meantime have been ceded. In the course of the 20th century, the numbers declined, especially because of the pressure to assimilate, to an official figure of 2.3% of the total population. As the pressure from German came above all from

3015-497: The first printed book in Slovene published in 1550, and still common during the Protestant Reformation , as noted by scholar Jernej Kopitar (1780–1844). In early 1981, the novel Der Zögling Tjaž by Florjan Lipuš appeared in a German translation by Peter Handke , which led to Handke being described by the Wiener Extrablatt as "Article 7 personified" for this literary achievement. In addition to Lipuš, Handke later translated Gustav Januš . However, Slovene literature in Carinthia

3082-476: The hands of the Roman Catholic Church , which was traditionally friendly to the Slovenes. From 1869, there was a major alteration in the instructions regarding the use of the native language in teaching, resulting from the Imperial law on state schools, as from this time the authority maintaining the school could lay down the language of instruction. This led to a large proportion of compulsory schools being converted into so-called utraquist schools , in which Slovene

3149-402: The increase in the proportion of elderly people. From 1997, Slovene and German traditionalist associations met in regular roundtable discussions to reach a consensus. However, the success of Jörg Haider , former governor of Carinthia from 1999 to 2008, in making again a political issue out of the dispute over bilingual place-name signs showed that the conflict is, as before, still present. At

3216-477: The internationally known Janko Ferk . There are a considerable number of lyric poets, Milka Hartman being outstanding. Anton Kuchling was part of this generation. Gustav Januš and Andrej Kokot, as well as those lyric poets not currently writing, namely Erik Prunč and Karel Smolle , form the next generation. A group including Janko Ferk , Maja Haderlap, Franc Merkac, Jani Oswald, Vincenc Gotthardt, Fabjan Hafner and Cvetka Lipuš that formed itself predominantly around

3283-462: The law on equality of treatment in the view of the Austrian National Minorities Center, as the other operator in the Carinthian music school system, the Musikschulwerk, receives, on a per capita basis, a higher amount. The Glasbena šola is able to continue its operations, however, with the help of contributions from the Republic of Slovenia . An increased interest by people in South Carinthia in bilingual education has been generally perceptible since

3350-446: The literary periodical Mladje (Youth) follows these lyric poets. Rezka Kanzian and Tim O. Wüster, whose works have not (as of 2006) appeared in books of their own, are part of the youngest generation. Slovene literature in Carinthia since the Second World War has displayed a clear will to live; in the 2000s, it is an emancipated literature free from provincialism . Johann (Janez) Strutz in particular has rendered outstanding services to

3417-458: The literature of Carinthian Slovenes from the point of view of the sociology, theory and history of literature. His book Profile der neuen slowenischen Literatur in Kärnten ("Profiles of modern Slovene literature in Carinthia"), published in 1998 in a revised and extended edition, is a much respected standard work. Maja Haderlap has taken a much-needed literary theme: the Austria's only militarily organized resistance against National Socialism –

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3484-505: The most important Austrian artists, such as Erwin Wurm , Hubert Scheibl , Gerwald Rockenschaub and Arnulf Rainer , as well as international artists like Georg Baselitz , Alex Katz , Anselm Kiefer and others. The gallery organizes extensive solo and group exhibitions, often accompanied by comprehensive publications, not only in its own premises, but also in collaboration with major international museums and other non-commercial art institutions. Between 2005 and 2011, in partnership with

3551-404: The most northerly points of current Slovene settlement. The municipalities with the highest proportion of Carinthian Slovenes are Zell (89%), Globasnitz (42%), and Eisenkappel-Vellach (38%), according to the 2001 special census which inquired about the mother tongue and preferred language. The actual number of Carinthian Slovenes is disputed, as both the representatives of Slovene organizations and

3618-517: The northeast edge of Paris. Here he renovated a 1900 former heating systems factory in Pantin , in the east of Paris, and transformed its eight buildings to make exhibition halls, a performance centre, a library/archive, a viewing room and artists' studios. Ropac wanted to create a magical space to show monumental artworks, which should be accessible from Paris by metro. Thaddaeus Ropac opened an additional gallery in Ely House in Mayfair , London , in Spring 2017. Today his galleries represent some of

3685-451: The originally single electoral district of Carinthia was divided into four constituencies. The area of settlement of Carinthian Slovenes was divided up and these parts were in turn combined with purely German-speaking parts of the province. In the new constituencies, the Slovene-speaking proportion of the population was reduced in such a way that it was no longer possible for the representatives of national minorities to succeed in getting into

3752-406: The person in charge of a merchant ship Chief Engineering Officer , the person in charge of the technical department on a merchant ship Chief officer or chief mate , typically the person in charge of the deck department of a merchant ship Coastguard Rescue Officer , a rescue officer employed by HM Coastguard Second officer or second mate , typically the navigator and medical officer on

3819-448: The present German-speaking areas, the Slavic basis of place and pasture names as far as into the upper part of the Möll Valley can be demonstrated. German and Slovene have in any case exercised a reciprocal influence in tone and vocabulary on each other in the course of the centuries. The historic description Windisch was applied in the German-speaking area to all Slavic languages (confer Wends in Germania Slavica ) and in particular to

3886-414: The present area of the present state and its political center is said to have lain in the Zollfeld Valley. In the mid 8th century, the Carantanian Prince Boruth , embattled by the Avars , had to pledge allegiance to Duke Odilo of Bavaria . The principality became part of Francia and the Carolingian Empire under Emperor Charlemagne , and, in consequence, was incorporated as the Carinthian march of

3953-462: The present borders of Carinthia. Carinthian Slovene dialects are spoken throughout Slovenian Carinthia and extend into the Pohorje Mountains and along the upper Drava Valley in Slovenian Styria . Additionally, a Carinthian Slovene dialect is spoken in the Upper Carniolan locality of Rateče in Slovenia (close to the border with Italy ), whereas in the nearby town of Kranjska Gora , a transitional dialect between Carinthian and Upper Carniolan

4020-475: The process of assimilation; at the same time the conflict between national groups became more intense. In the course of the dissolution of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I , the Carinthian provisional assembly proclaimed the accession to German-Austria , whereafter the newly established State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs for a short time occupied the districts where the greater majority still used Slovene. Armed clashes followed and this issue also split

4087-483: The process of which there was a question about the colloquial language used by members of the parish. The results of this investigation (50,000 members of national minority groups) differed significantly from those of the census that took place in the same year (about 14,000). Carinthian traditional organizations, on the other hand, estimate the actual number of self-declared Slovenes as being 2,000 to 5,000 persons. The Carinthian group of Slovene dialects extends beyond

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4154-436: The representatives of Carinthian traditional organizations describe the census results as inaccurate. The former point to the, in part, strongly fluctuating census results in individual municipalities, which in their opinion correlate strongly with political tensions in national minority questions. Consequently, the results would underestimate the actual number of Carinthian Slovenes. The South Carinthian municipality of Gallizien

4221-442: The state assembly. The Austrian Center for Ethnic Groups and the representatives of Carinthian Slovenes saw in this way of proceeding a successful attempt of gerrymandering in order to reduce the political influence of the Slovene-speaking minority group. In 1957, the German national Kärntner Heimatdienst (KHD) pressure group was established, by its own admission in order to advocate the interests of " patriotic " Carinthians. In

4288-442: The west and north, the present area of settlement lies in the south and east of the state, in the valleys known in German as Jauntal (Slovene: Podjuna ), Rosental (Slovene: Rož ), the lower Lavanttal ( Labotska dolina ), the Sattniz (Gure) mountains between the Drau River and Klagenfurt , and the lower part of Gailtal / Ziljska dolina (to about as far as Tröpolach). Köstenberg and Diex are approximately

4355-469: Was altered in the course of a three-party agreement SPÖ ( Social Democratic Party of Austria ), ÖVP ( Austrian People's Party ), and FPÖ ( Austrian Freedom Party ) that envisaged a far-reaching separation on the basis of classes of primary school pupils into those taught bilingually and those taught only in German. The issue of whether headteachers of bilingual schools must be able to produce a bilingual qualification remains controversial. An extension of what

4422-428: Was regarded as an auxiliary language to be used in teaching only until pupils had acquired an adequate command of German. Only few schools remained purely Slovene (in 1914: St Jakob in Rosental, St Michael ob Bleiburg and Zell Parish). The utraquist form of school remained in existence until 1941. This school system was rejected by the Slovene national minority as an "instrument of Germanization ". On 3 October 1945,

4489-413: Was signed, in Article 7 of which the "rights of the Slovene and Croat minorities" in Austria were regulated. In 1975, the electoral grouping of the Slovene national group ( Unity List ) only just failed to gain entry to the state assembly. With the argument that in elections the population should vote for the political parties rather than according to their ethnic allegiance, before the next elections in 1979

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