Kraft, Emil#

b. Vienna, Jan. 26, 1865, d. Graz (Styria), Sept. 5, 1931, businessman and politician (supported Pan-Germanism). From 1911 member of the Reichsrat, 1918-1920 member of the Provisional and then the Constituent National Assembly, 1920-1923 member of the Nationalrat (last member for Bolzano/Bozen and Merano/Meran), 1915 co-founder of the Austrian Staedtebund (association of towns). 1922/1923 Minister of Trade, Industry and Construction.

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