Josef Pop

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Josef Pop (born October 27, 1848 in Brotzney , Kingdom of Bohemia , today part of Skuhrov nad Bělou ; † July 20, 1917 in Vienna ), Czech Josef Popů , Knight of Pop since 1909 , was a Czech - Austrian administrative officer, politician and agriculture minister .

Life

Pop attended a Prague high school and studied law at the University of Prague . In 1876 he entered the civil service at the Bohemian Lieutenancy and in 1881 moved to the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1890 he became Ministerial Secretary, in 1896 Section Councilor and Head of the Presidential Office, in 1898 Ministerial Councilor and in 1902 Section Head for the Administration of State Forests . For a long time he was responsible for water law, hunting, forestry and fishing matters. In 1909, after his first term as minister, he was ennobled to the hereditary knighthood and in 1910 he was appointed to the Privy Council . He was important as a modernizer of Austrian forestry.

From November 15, 1908 to February 10, 1909 and from November 1, 1909 to January 9, 1911, Pop was Austrian Agriculture Minister in the Bienerth government . Like most of his ministerial colleagues, he had been appointed senior section head. In the meantime, he was replaced by Albín Bráf when the second Bienerth cabinet, which was formed on a parliamentary basis, had been formed, but was reappointed after his resignation. He passed new reforestation, hunting, bird protection and alpine protection laws for various crown lands of the monarchy. After his second term in office, he left the public service and retired into private life. Pop was buried in the Hietzingen cemetery and left two daughters behind.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Pop, Josef von (1848-1917), administrative officer. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 194.
  2. ↑ a b Otto Dornik: Hundred Years of Agriculture Ministry. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Österreichischer Agrarverlag, Vienna 1967, p. 79.
  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. 135.
  4. ^ Article  in:  Wiener Zeitung , July 21, 1917, p. 3 (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
personal data
SURNAME Pop, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pop, Josef von; Popů, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech-Austrian administrative officer, politician and minister
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Brocná , Kingdom of Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1917
Place of death Vienna