Otto Schulmeister (1 April 1916 in Vienna - 10 August 2001 in Vienna) was an Austrian journalist, who was described as the doyen of Austrian journalism. He was editor-in-chief of Die Presse from 1961 to 1976 and its publisher from 1976 to 1989. He was the father of former ORF correspondent Paul Schulmeister, and economist Stephan Schulmeister. Formerly a NSDAP member, it was revealed in 2009 that he worked for the CIA from the 1960s.

Awards 1979: Preis der Stadt Wien für Publizistik 1989: Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize

Works Die Zukunft Österreichs, 1967 Die Welt, die wir verlassen, 1970 Die erschöpfte Revolution, 1978 Der zweite Anschluß, 1979 Ernstfall Österreich, 1995

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