!!!Goëss, Leopold Graf b. Graz (Styria), Oct. 28, 1848, d. Ebenthal (Carinthia), July 22, 1922, administrative lawyer and civil servant; brother of Count Zeno Vinzenz Goëss, cousin of Count Anton Goëss. President of Bukovina 1893-97, stadtholder of Trieste and the Coast 1897-1904, where he promoted industrial development but failed in his attempts to counteract nationalist tendencies. Member of the ''Herrenhaus '' in 1904. After World War I rendered important services in connection with the Carinthian Referendum. !Literature Oesterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Goëss,_Leopold_Graf|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]