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Walter Breisky

1871 - 1944

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Walter Breisky (8 July 1871 – 25 September 1944) was an Austrian jurist, civil servant, and politician. Nominated by the Christian Social Party, Breisky served as minister of education and the interior from July to November 1920, as the vice chancellor and state secretary of education from November 1920 to May 1922. Together with his Social Democratic deputy, Otto Glöckel, Breisky initiated sweeping reforms of Austria's education system. In January 1922, Breisky became the caretaker chancellor of Austria for a single day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Breisky is the 13,324th most popular politician (up from 13,462nd in 2019), the 430th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 442nd in 2019) and the 75th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Walter Breisky ranks 13,324 out of 19,576Before him are Lorenzo Priuli, Haj Ali Razmara, Alahis, Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Moussa Koussa, and Antonín Švehla. After him are Emma Asson, Dimitar Dobrev, PU-Sarruma, Carl Enckell, Domingo Santa María, and Antonio Guzmán Fernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Walter Breisky ranks 115Before him are Kōtoku Shūsui, Fyodor Dan, Igor Grabar, Zacharia Paliashvili, Afonso Costa, and Olga Preobrajenska. After him are Nicholas Adontz, Florence R. Sabin, Emiliano Chamorro Vargas, Vatslav Vorovsky, Henryk Arctowski, and Ernst Stromer. Among people deceased in 1944, Walter Breisky ranks 228Before him are Ralph H. Fowler, Prince Gustav of Denmark, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Isabelino Gradín, Alime Abdenanova, and Johan Pitka. After him are Settela Steinbach, Karel Hartmann, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, Wim Anderiesen, Olga Sanfirova, and Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Walter Breisky ranks 430 out of 1,015Before him are Madeleine Berthod (1931), Kat Graham (1989), Roger Vonlanthen (1930), John Isaac Briquet (1870), Aegidius Tschudi (1505), and Ludwig Schläfli (1814). After him are Alphons Egli (1924), Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza (1958), Justus Dahinden (1925), Fabian Cancellara (1981), Arthur Cohn (1927), and Hermann Obrist (1863).

Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Walter Breisky ranks 75Before him are Josef Munzinger (1791), Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (1950), Ernst Brenner (1856), Max Petitpierre (1899), René Felber (1933), and Aegidius Tschudi (1505). After him are Alphons Egli (1924), Pierre Aubert (1927), Constant Fornerod (1819), Karl Schenk (1823), Philipp Etter (1891), and Arnold Koller (1933).