Albin Bráf

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Albín Bráf (born February 27, 1851 in Třebíč , Margraviate Moravia ; † July 1, 1912 in Roztoky near Prague ) was a Czech economist , politician and Austrian agriculture minister.

Albín Bráf (1911)

Life

Albín Bráf
( Jan Vilímek , 1886)

Bráf, the son of a farm clerk, attended a Prague grammar school from 1861 to 1869, studied law and political science at the University of Prague until 1873, and in 1874 earned the Dr. jur. He was a student and follower of the old Czech František Palacký . Since 1877, in addition to his work as a teacher at a commercial academy, he worked as a private lecturer in political economy. In 1882 he became an associate professor of economics at the recently separated Czech part of the University of Prague, and in 1890 a full professor.

Bráf was a member of the Bohemian Society of Sciences , the Industrial and Agricultural Council and the kk Central Statistical Commission . As a member of the Bohemian Landtag from 1883 to 1905 and later of the Vienna Imperial Council , he was the last leader of the old Czechs. In 1904 he was appointed court councilor , in 1905 he was appointed to the manor house .

In 1888, Bráf married Libussa Rieger (Libuše Riegrová 1860–1930), daughter of the Czech politician František Ladislav Rieger . The couple had a son, Václav (1888–1908). When he took over the leadership of the parliamentary group in the Reichstag from his late father-in-law in 1903, he tried in vain to build a modern party structure. The Old Czechs remained a party of dignitaries under his leadership , concentrated on the larger cities.

Bráf is considered to be the founder of modern Czech economics and promoted the economic emancipation of the Czechs from the German bourgeoisie , which dominated the Bohemian countries until the end of the 19th century . Bráf's national economic program found broad support within the Czech national movement. His extensive publications on economic and political topics appeared mainly in magazines.

From February 10 to November 1, 1909, Bráf was the Austrian Minister of Agriculture in the Bienerth Ministry . In the short term of office he achieved a debt relief, but then resigned because of differences in the Bohemian language issue. Upon removal, he was made a secret council and returned to the university. From November 19, 1911 until his death, he served again as Minister of Agriculture in the Stürgkh government .

In 1912 he died after a long illness on his estate near Roztoky, near Prague, and was buried in the Vyšehrad cemetery .

Fonts (selection)

  • Studies on North Bohemian Labor Relations. J. Otto, Prague 1881.
  • Albín Bráf - Život a dílo. Gruber, Prague 1922–1924 (five-volume work edition).
  • Miroslav Šmejkal: Významní čeští národohospodáři. Vysoká škola ekonomická, Prague 1993. ISBN 80-7079-195-0 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Braf, Albin (1851–1912), economist and politician. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 105.
  2. ↑ a b Otto Dornik: Hundred Years of Agriculture Ministry. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Österreichischer Agrarverlag, Vienna 1967, p. 80.
  3. ↑ Alois Czedik of Bruendl mountain and Eysenberg : The History of the Imperial Austrian ministries, 1861-1916. Based on the memories of Alois von Czedik. Volume 4: Period 1908-1916. K. Prochaska, Teschen / Vienna 1920, p. 101.
  4. ^ Jiří Pokorný: Associations and parties in Bohemia. In: Adam Wandruszka , Peter Urbanitsch (Ed.): The Habsburg Monarchy. 1848-1918. Volume 8: Political Public and Civil Society. Volume 1: Associations, parties and interest groups as carriers of political participation. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3540-8 , pp. 609–703, here p. 662.
  5. ^ Eduard Kubů: Economic nationalism in party programs of the Bohemian countries. In: Ágnes Pogány, Eduard Kubů, Jan Kofman: For a national economy. Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Poland from the end of the 19th century to the Second World War. Berliner Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-8305-1250-3 , pp. 73-134, here: pp. 75 and 93.
  6. ↑ Agriculture Minister Braf has died. In:  Prager Tagblatt , July 1, 1912, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ptb
personal data
SURNAME Bráf, Albín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech economist, politician and Austrian agriculture minister
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Třebíč , Margraviate of Moravia
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1912
Place of death Roztoky u Prahy near Prague