Leon Biliński
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Chevalier Leon de Biliński (15 June 1846 in Zalischyky, Galicia, now Ukraine – 14 June 1923 in Vienna) was a Polish-Austrian statesman of the Biliński family. He had several important political functions in the Habsburg Monarchy and independent Poland: He was President of Austrian State Railways (Kaiserlich-königliche österreichische Staatsbahnen) (1893-1895), Minister of Finance of Austria (1895–97, 1909–11) and Austria-Hungary (1912-1915), Gouverneur of the Austrian-Hungarian Bank (1900-1909), Gouvernor of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1912−1915), Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland (1919), president of the Supreme National Committee (1914−1917)[citation needed] and Governor of Galicia (1895−1897).[citation needed]
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- 1846 births
- 1923 deaths
- People from Zalishchyky
- People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- University of Lviv faculty
- Polish nobility
- Finance Ministers of Austria
- Finance ministers of Austria-Hungary
- Finance Ministers of Poland
- Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1879–1885)
- Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1885–1891)
- Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1891–1897)
- Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1897–1900)
- Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1901–1907)
- Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1907–1911)
- Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1911–1918)
- Members of the House of Lords (Austria)
- Members of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Commanders of the Order of Franz Joseph
- Recipients of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
- Polish nobility stubs