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Czech Minister-Countryman in the Cisleithanian government
Klečacký, Martin ; Velek, Luboš (advisor) ; Galandauer, Jan (referee) ; Vyskočil, Aleš (referee)
Martin Klečacký Dissertation thesis: Czech Minister Countryman in the Cisleithanian government (Český ministr krajan v předlitavské vládě) Abstract The central topic of the doctoral thesis is the position of the Czech minister countryman (minister without portfolio) in the framework of the Cisleithanian state administration. The first part of the paper deals with the establishment of the minister's office and analyses his competencies; furthermore it pursues the selection process of ministers and their ministerial activities, the constitution of their office and cooperation of the Czech minister with Czech parliamentary circles in the Imperial Council (Reichsrat) in Vienna. An important task of the new bureau was the protection of the Czech national interests, which also included appointments of officials of Czech nationality to leading positions of the state apparatus. The methods of the minister and his cooperation with the Young Czech Party to promote reliable and proven Czech bureaucrats to powerful and influential positions are dealt with in three following chapters. Firstly, on the level of the Crown Land, exemplified by the Governor's Office, Land School Board and Land Financial Administration in Prague, secondly, on the imperial level as in the Ministry of Commerce, and lastly, on the municipal...
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