Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn

Hochwohlgeboren Paul Gautsch Freiherr von Frankenthurn
Baron Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn
14th Minister-President of Cisleithania
In office 28 November 1897 – 5 March 1898
Monarch	Franz Joseph I
Preceded by	Kasimir Felix Graf von Badeni
Succeeded by	Franz Anton Fürst von Thun und Hohenstein
19th Minister-President of Cisleithania
In office 31 December 1904 – 2 May 1906
Monarch	Franz Joseph I
Preceded by	Ernest von Koerber
Succeeded by	Konrad Fürst von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
23rd Minister-President of Cisleithania
In office 28 June 1911 – 3 November 1911
Monarch	Franz Joseph I
Preceded by	Richard Graf von Bienerth-Schmerling
Succeeded by	Count Karl Graf von Stürgkh
Personal details
Born	(1851-02-26)26 February 1851 Döbling, Austrian Empire
Died	20 April 1918(1918-04-20) (aged 67) Vienna Austria-Hungary

Baron Paul Gautsch, fully Paul Gautsch Freiherr von Frankenthurn (February 26, 1851 Döbling – April 20, 1918 Vienna) was an Austrian political figure who served three times as Minister-President.

Biography

After graduating from the University of Vienna, he entered the Ministry of Education. He was director of the Theresa Academy (1881–85), and then Austrian Minister of Education under the cabinets of Eduard Graf Taaffe (1885–93) and Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni (1895-97).

He served as Minister President from 1897–98, when he revoked the language ordinances made by Badeni; again in 1904-06, when he prepared the way for universal suffrage; and finally June through October 1911.

References

• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Gautsch-Frankenthurn, Paul, Freiherr von" . Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company.

Notes

Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.