would be the highest political position a Czech would ever hold in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Under his ministership he became a proponent of the thesis that the best guarantee for a secure Czech nation would be a strong and equitable Austria. Kaizl completed regular negotiation of financial transactions between both halves of the Austria-Hungarian dual monarchy. During his ministership he appointed several qualified Czech officials, who later came in use for the establishment of the new Czechoslovakian Ministry of Finance in 1918. Kaizl also made significant contributions towards the establishment of the Brno University of Technology. Later life Kaizl would remain the de facto head of the Young Czechs, and repeatedly acted as a moderating element. Kaizl would defend his seat in parliament and the Vienna Imperial Council until his death, where he would then be replaced by the deputy chair Franz Fiedler. He died unexpectedly at the age of 47 in his summer residence at village Myslkovice. His body was embalmed and buried in Prague’s Vyšehrad Cemetery. Kaizl’s tomb is adorned with a statue crafted by Czech sculptor Bohumil Kafka. Works in German Der Kampf um die Gewerbereform und Gewerbefreiheit in Bayern 1799–1868 ("The Battle for the Commercial Reform and Freedom of Trade in Bavaria"), 1879 Die Lehre von der Überwälzung der Steuern, 1882 in Czech Národní hospodářství ("National Economy"), 1883 O postátnění železnic v Rakousku ("The Nationalization of the Railways in Austria"), 1883 Obnovený řád živnostenský ("Renewed Trade Regulation"), 1883 Vyrovnání s Uhry 1866 a 1877 ("Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867"), 1886 Finanční věda ("Financial Science"), 1888 Náprava rakouské měny ("Remedy of Austrian currency"), 1890 Lid selský, jeho poroba a vymanění v zemích českých ("Rural people, his enslavement and emancipation in the Czech lands"), 1895 České myšlénky ("Czech Thoughts"), 1895 O státoprávním programu českém ("About Czech Constitutional Program"), 1896 O úroku a lichvě ("About Interest and Usury"), 1879 Hospodářská theorie hodnoty ("Economic Theory of Value"), 1890 Ethika a socialism ("Ethics and Socialism"), 1894 See also Karel Kramář Leopold, Count von Thun und Hohenstein References 1854 births 1901 deaths People from Volyně People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Old Czech Party politicians Young Czech Party politicians Czech Realist Party politicians Government ministers of Austria Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1885–1891) Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1891–1897) Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1897–1900) Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1901–1907) Bohemian economists Charles University