Author
Janitschek is the author of several political biographies including those of Mario Soares, president of Portugal, Oscar Arias president of Costa Rica and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as a biography of the publisher of the Kronenzeitung, Hans Dichand. He co-authored the autobiography of Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary General of the United Nations and former president of Austria. He was also the publisher of more than a dozen books ranging from volumes of poetry, to political treatises and an autobiography of his good friend, property developer Guntram Weissenberger. His last project was a book by Mihail Simeonov depicting the story of the "Cast the Sleeping Elephant" project. As president of the "Austrians Abroad Committee" he played a fundamental role in gaining Austrians living abroad the right to vote.
On 21 February 2008 Janitschek died suddenly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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