Franz Karl Becke

Franz Karl Freiherr von Becke (born October 31, 1818 in Kolinec , Bohemia ; † January 15, 1870 in Vienna ) was an Austrian civil servant, diplomat, politician and from 1867 to 1870 Austria-Hungary's first joint Minister of Finance .

Franz Karl Freiherr von Becke

Life

Franz Karl Becke completed a law degree in Prague and entered the civil service of the Austrian Empire in 1840 . 1846–50 at the Consulate in Galați , 1850 at the Consulate General in Egypt , 1853–56 head of the Consulate General in Constantinople , he was then again in Galați until 1861 as a representative of Austria, Chairman of the Commission for the Regulation of Danube Shipping . From 1861 he acted as Vice President of the Central Sea Authority in Trieste and in 1865 became Section Head in the Ministry of Finance.

Under Prime Minister Richard Belcredi and Friedrich Beust , he was Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance, Minister of Finance in 1867 and, after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of December 24, 1867, joint Minister of Finance of the dual monarchy until his death .

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Becke, Franz Karl Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 395–397 ( digitized version ).
Becke, Franz Karl Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 62.
Wolfgang Fritz : For the emperor and the republic. Austria's finance minister since 1848. Edition Atelier, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85308-088-X .

Web links

Wiener Zeitung: “The resourceful and skilled” article by Wolfgang Fritz from May 5, 2002

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Meyers Konversationslexikon, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig and Vienna, Fourth Edition, 1885-1892, Volume 2, p. 578.
↑ ^a ^b Becke, Franz Karl Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 62.

predecessor	Office	successor
-	kuk Minister of Finance December 24, 1867–15. Jan 1870	Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust

personal data
SURNAME	Becke, Franz Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Becke, Franz Karl Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Finance Minister
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kolinec
DATE OF DEATH	January 15, 1870
Place of death	Vienna

[Meyers-1] A ^b Meyers Konversationslexikon, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig and Vienna, Fourth Edition, 1885-1892, Volume 2, p. 578.

[ÖBL-2] Becke, Franz Karl Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 62.