!!!Potocki, Alfred Graf

b. 1822 Lancut (Poland), July 29, 1822, 
d. Paris (France), May 18, 1889, statesman. Initially in the 
diplomatic service, 1861 member of the Upper Chamber of the Reichsrat, 
1867 Agricultural Minister, 1870-1871 Minister-President as well as 
Minister of Agriculture and Defence. Advocated neutrality in the 
Franco-Prussian War 1870, terminated the  Concordat of 1855 and 
re-structured the relationship between Church and State, but failed in 
his attempt to induce all the nationalities of the monarchy to 
cooperate in the Reichsrat. Later in Galicia, where he was one of the 
richest landowners, was marshal of the province (1874) and governor 
(1875-1883); also worked for organisations concerned with economic 
policy-making.

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