Leon Biliński (15 June 1846 in Zalischyky – 15 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 Minister of Finance of Austria-Hungary (1912–1915), Governor of the Austro-Hungarian Bank (1900–1909), Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1912−1915), Minister of Finance of the Republic of Poland (1919),[1] president of the Supreme National Committee (1914−1917)[citation needed] and Governor of Galicia (1895−1897).[citation needed]
Leon Biliński | |
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| Minister of Finance of Austria-Hungary | |
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| Born | 15 June 1846 Zalishchyky |
| Died | 15 June 1923 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Polish |
Biliński was one of the first governors to strongly support women's intellectual and economic emancipation and their free access to higher education. In 1876 he became a member of the Polish Academy of Learning.[2] His academic and feminist efforts later bore fruit — in 1897, the first female students graduated from Lwów University. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 1923.
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