!!!Beck, Max Wladimir Freiherr von

b. Vienna, Sept. 6, 1854, 
d. Vienna, Jan. 20, 1943, civil servant, statesman, teacher of 
jurisprudence and political sciences, later confidant of Archduke  
Franz Ferdinand, 1880-1906 civil servant in the Ministry of 
Agriculture, 1906-1908 Prime Minister. Implemented the 1907 reform of 
the Austrian electoral system (universal suffrage for men). 1907 
member of the Upper Chamber of the Reichsrat; 1915-1934 President of 
the Supreme Court of Audit, 1919-1938 president of the Austrian Red 
Cross.

!Literature
J. C. Allmayer-Beck, Min.-Praes. Baron B., 1956.



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