Karl Buresch was a lawyer

Lawyer

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, Christian-Social politician

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 and chancellor of Austria

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 during the First Republic.

Education

Buresch finished primary school in Groß-Enzersdorf

Groß-Enzersdorf

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 and secondary school in Döbling

Döbling

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. After receiving a degree in law from the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

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 in 1901 Buresch worked for a firm of solicitors in his home town.

Political career

In 1912 he became a member of the Groß-Enzersdorf council and in 1916 the town's mayor (a position he held until 1919). In 1919 he was a member of the constitutional national assembly (in German Mitglied der Konstituierenden Nationalversammlung). During the 1920s and early 1930s he was a delegate to the Austrian National Council

National Council of Austria

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 (1920 - 1934), Landeshauptmann

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(governor) of the Lower Austria

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 (1922 - 1931 and 1932 - 1933), and a chairman of the Christian-Social group.

Following the collapse of the biggest Austrian bank Creditanstalt

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 in June 1931 and difficulties created by the instability of the national currency, Austria

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 found itself in political turmoil. Buresch finally managed to form a cabinet after unsuccessful attempts by ex-Chancellors

Chancellor of Austria

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 Otto Ender

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 and Ignaz Seipel

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During his mandate, which lasted from June 20, 1931 to May 20, 1932, a number of austerity measures were introduced. His government was succeeded by a cabinet formed by Engelbert Dollfuss

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Until his death in 1936 Buresch was federal finance minister

Finance minister

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 (1935, minister without portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

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 (1935 - 1936) and governor of Österreichische Postsparkasse

Österreichische Postsparkasse

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