Vilém Funk

Vilém Funk (born March 14, 1875 in Prague ; † July 10, 1955 there ) was a Czech politician and lawyer. From 1911 to 1918 he was a member of the Austrian House of Representatives .

Life

Funk was born as the son of the married couple Jindřich and Alžběta Funk. He was married to Viléma Nováková and had one son in 1909 and 1913 respectively. Funk attended the Kleinseite grammar school, where he graduated from high school in 1894. He then studied law at the Charles University in Prague, where he received his doctorate in 1899. jur. PhD. He then continued his studies in 1900 at the University of Berlin and from 1901 to 1902 at the University of Vienna . Between 1899 and 1900 he gained practical experience at the District Finance Directorate in Prague and from 1902 to 1903 he was employed by the Financial Procuratorate.

Funk then worked as a draftsman and vice-secretary of the state committee until 1909, and from 1903 he was also a private lecturer for the system and history of financial law. He was appointed associate professor in 1909 and full professor in 1912. Between 1921 and 1922 and from 1934 to 1935, Funk took over the office of dean of the Faculty of Law at Charles University and was its rector between 1938 and 1939. He was also vice-president of the state political science examination commission, member of the legal history state examination commission, the commission for the second state examination at the commercial college, the commission for economic efficiency of public administration, the advisory committee for economic questions as well as an expert of the unification ministry at that time . Funk was also a full member of the Czech Academy , a full member of the International Institute for Administrative Sciences in Brussels, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bohemian Bank, and a member of the Administrative Committee of Kredit.Versicherung and Bank Vršovická záložna .

Funk was a member of the Prague City Council between 1908 and 1909. He ran for the young Czechs for the House of Representatives of the Reichsrat in the 1909 supplementary election, but had to admit defeat in the runoff election. In the 1911 Reichsrat election , however, he was able to prevail in the constituency of Bohemia 5 with an absolute majority in the first ballot and remained a member of the Reichsrat until 1918. In addition, Funk was co-founder and chairman of the Association of Czech Civil Service and from 1914 to 1917 chairman of the Club of State Officials. The Všehrd Lawyers Association and the Akademická League each made him honorary members.

literature

• Československo - biography. Praha 1936–1941 (Czech-German)
• Fritz Freund: The Austrian House of Representatives. A biographical-statistical handbook, 1911-1917, XII. Legislative period. Publishing house Dr. Rudolf Ludwig, Vienna, p. 242