Kurt Waldheim on Wednesday handed over the Austrian presidency and expressed regret that his own tenure was overshadowed by controversy over his Nazi past.
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The swearing in Wednesday of Thomas Klestil in Vienna was seen as the end of an era of isolation for Austria.Waldheim was largely ignored by Western governments throughout his six-year term after it was disclosed that he served as an intelligence officer of the Nazi Wehrmacht in the Balkans. Waldheim initially concealed that role.