Giskra, Karl#

b. Moravská Třebová, Czech Republic (then Maehrisch-Truebau) Jan. 29, 1820, d. Baden (Lower Austria), June 1, 1879, politician and lawyer. Spokesman of the Vienna "Sturmpetition" in the Revolution of 1848; 1848/1849 member of the Frankfurt National Assembly; from 1861 leader of the German Liberals (Deutschliberale) in the Austrian Parliament; in 1867 president of parliament; from 1867-1870 Minister of the Interior; brought about the separation of the executive and judicial powers.

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