Josef Suppan

Josef Suppan (born January 9, 1828 in Innsbruck , † July 5, 1902 in Laibach ) was an Austrian lawyer and politician .

Life

Born the son of a forester, Suppan studied law in Innsbruck and Graz after attending grammar schools in Merano , Ljubljana and Innsbruck . During his studies in 1884 he was one of the founding boys of the Carniola Graz fraternity . In 1848 he was a member of the Academic Legion in Innsbruck. After his examination and doctorate in Graz in 1851 as Dr. iur. After several positions he became a lawyer in Hungary in 1854 and worked as a notary in Rudolfswert from 1856 to 1861 . There he was also a councilor . In 1861 he became court and court advocate in Ljubljana. From 1861 he was also a member of the Krainer Landtag . From 1864 to 1883 he was a local councilor and deputy mayor , and from 1869 to 1871 he was mayor of Ljubljana. From 1866 to 1867 he was deputy governor. From 1873 to 1879 he was a member of the Reichsrat , where he belonged to the Progress Club. In 1886 he became the official director of the Krainische Sparkasse in Ljubljana, in 1869 a member of the Imperial Court and in 1895 of the State Court .

His brother was Alexander Supan .

Honors

• Tyrolean national defense medal on red and white ribbon and war medal
• 1872: Honorary citizen of Laibach
• Honorary citizen of Gottschee and Rudolfswert
• Honorary member of the Ljubljana Philharmonic Society
• Honorary member of the Laibach German Gymnastics Club
• Honorary member of the Ljubljana Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Franz Joseph Order , Commander's Cross

literature

• Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 571-572.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Supan, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 40th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1880, p. 329 ( digitized version ).
• A. Rahten:  Josef Suppan. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 53 f. (Direct links on p. 53 , p. 54 ).