President Wilhelm Miklas Chancellor himself Profession Lawyer Role Lawyer Political party Christian Social Party | Preceded by Otto Ender Preceded by Johann Schober Name Karl Buresch Education University of Vienna Succeeded by Engelbert Dollfuss | |
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Deputy Johann Schober
Franz Winkler Born 12 October 1878
Gros-Enzersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary ( 1878-10-12 ) Died September 16, 1936, Vienna, Austria | ||
Karl Buresch (12 October 1878 - 16 September 1936) was a lawyer, Christian-Social politician and Chancellor of Austria during the First Republic.
Life
Buresch was born the son of a merchant in Gros-Enzersdorf, Lower Austria, where he attended primary school (Volksschule). After finishing secondary school in Dobling, he studied law at the University of Vienna, receiving his degree in 1901. ]] and the instability of the national currency, the First Republic found itself in political turmoil. On 20 June 1931 Buresch was appointed Chancellor of Austria and finally managed to form a cabinet of Christian Social and German nationalist politicians, after unsuccessful attempts by his predecessors Otto Ender and Ignaz Seipel to cope with the crisis. As the commercial crisis continued and domestic policies deteriorated after a failed Heimwehr putsch led by Walter Pfrimer, Buresch lost his German nationalist allies and went on to govern with a minority cabinet from January 1932. During his mandate, which lasted to 20 May 1932, a number of austerity measures were introduced. His government was succeeded by a cabinet formed by Engelbert Dollfuss.
Buresch again assumed the office of Lower Austrian governor, before on 16 May 1933 he joined the Dollfuss cabinet as Federal Minister of Finance. On 17 October 1935 he was succeeded by Ludwig Draxler. Until his sudden death in 1936, Buresch served as governor of the Osterreichische Postsparkasse (postal savings bank) in Vienna.