- Karl Buresch
Karl Buresch (
October 12 ,1878 Groß-Enzersdorf,Lower Austria -September 16 ,1936 Vienna ) was alawyer , Christian-Socialpolitician andchancellor of Austria during the First Republic.Education
Buresch finished primary school in
Groß-Enzersdorf and secondary school inDöbling . After receiving a degree in law from theUniversity of Vienna in 1901 Buresch worked for a firm of solicitors in his home town.Political career
In 1912 he became a member of the Groß-Enzersdorf council and in 1916 the town's mayor (a position he held until 1919). In 1919 he was a member of the constitutional national assembly (in German "Mitglied der Konstituierenden Nationalversammlung"). During the 1920s and early 1930s he was a delegate to the Austrian National Council (1920 - 1934), "
Landeshauptmann " (governor) of theLower Austria (1922 - 1931 and 1932 - 1933), and a chairman of the Christian-Social group.Following the collapse of the biggest Austrian bank
Creditanstalt in June 1931 and difficulties created by the instability of the national currency,Austria found itself in political turmoil. Buresch finally managed to form a cabinet after unsuccessful attempts by ex-ChancellorsOtto Ender andIgnaz Seipel .During his mandate, which lasted from
June 20 ,1931 toMay 20 ,1932 , a number of austerity measures were introduced. His government was succeeded by a cabinet formed byEngelbert Dollfuss .Until his death in 1936 Buresch was federal
finance minister (1935,minister without portfolio (1935 - 1936) and governor ofÖsterreichische Postsparkasse .References
* [http://www.wienerzeitung.at/linkmap/personen/buresch.htm Wiener Zeitung Online Dossiers]
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