Alexander Spitzmüller
Alexander Spitzmüller (1917 to 1919 Freiherr von und zu Spitzmüller-Harmersbach ; born June 12, 1862 in Vienna , † September 5, 1953 in Velden am Wörther See ) was an Austrian lawyer, financial specialist, bank director and politician.
Life
After completing his law degree at the University of Vienna (doctorate in 1884), Spitzmüller entered the civil service and was appointed to the Ministry of Finance in 1886. He served as the presidential secretary of well-known ministers, among other things he was an employee of the finance minister Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk . In 1898 he became head of the presidential office, from 1899 to 1900 he was head of the budget department, and from 1903 to 1910 he was president of the financial directorate for Vienna and Lower Austria. From 1910 to 1915 Spitzmüller was chairman of the management board of Creditanstalt, which at that time belonged to the Rothschild family's sphere of influence . Spitzmüller was also regarded as the confidante of the heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand .
From 1915 to 1916 Spitzmüller was Austrian Minister of Commerce, from 1916 to 1917 he served as Austrian Minister of Finance and from September 7 to November 4, 1918, he held this position as the common finance minister of the dual monarchy. In 1917 he was ennobled by Emperor Karl I as Freiherr von und zu Spitzmüller-Harmersbach . The Nobility Repeal Act of April 3, 1919 ended this honor.
From 1919 to 1922 Spitzmüller was governor of the Austro-Hungarian Bank and entrusted with its liquidation.
After various functions in the economy of the First Republic, for example as a member of the board of directors of the Ankerbrotfabrik , the almost seventy-year-old, highly respected banking specialist was reappointed its general director from 1931–1932, at the height of the crisis at Creditanstalt .
At an advanced age, Spitzmüller published interesting memoirs which, among other things, shed light on his tense relationship with Rudolf Sieghart .
Works
- ... and also has a reason to love it. Vienna 1955.
literature
- Charlotte Natmeßnig: Spitzmüller von Harmersbach, Alexander Bernhard Julius Freiherr. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 724 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Spitzmüller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Alexander Spitzmüller in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
Prime Minister: Stürgkh
Minister:
Bráf (Agriculture 1911–1912) |
Dlugosz (Galicia 1911–1913) |
Engel (Finances 1913–1915) |
Forster (railways) |
Georgi (national defense) |
Trade (Home Affairs from 1916) |
Heinold (Interior until 1915, regarding agriculture 1912) |
Hochenburger (Justice) |
Hohenlohe (Interior 1915–1916) |
Hussarek (cult and teaching) |
Leth (finances from 1915) |
Meyer (Finance 1911) |
Morawski (Galicia from 1913) |
Roeßler (trading until 1912) |
Schuster (Handel 1912–1915) |
Spitzmüller (trading from 1915) |
Trnka (Public Works) |
Zaleski (Agriculture and Galicia 1911, Finances 1911–1913) |
Zenker (arable farming from 1912)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Schuster von Bonnott |
kk Minister of Commerce December 1, 1915 to October 21, 1916 |
Franz Stibral |
| Stephan Burián |
Austro-Hungarian finance minister September 7 to November 4, 1918 |
Paul Cow Chrobak |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spitzmüller, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spitzmüller-Harmersbach, Alexander Freiherr von und zu (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian business leader and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th September 1953 |
| Place of death | Velden am Wörther See |