Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe
Eduard Franz Joseph Graf von Taaffe, Viscount Taaffe | |
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Count Eduard Taaffe, Viscount Taaffe | |
| Minister-President of Austria | |
| In office 12 August 1879 – 11 November 1893 | |
| Monarch | Francis Joseph I |
| Preceded by | Karl von Stremayr |
| Succeeded by | Alfred zu Windisch-Grätz |
| In office 24 September 1868 – 15 January 1870 | |
| Monarch | Francis Joseph I |
| Preceded by | Karl von Auersperg |
| Succeeded by | Ignaz von Plener |
| Minister of the Interior of Austria | |
| In office 14 April 1870 – 6 February 1871 | |
| Prime Minister | Alfred Józef Potocki |
| Preceded by | Carl Giskra |
| Succeeded by | Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart |
| In office 7 March 1867 – 30 December 1867 | |
| Prime Minister | Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust |
| Preceded by | Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust |
| Succeeded by | Carl Giskra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 February 1833 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 29 November 1895 (aged 62) Ellischau (Nalžovy), Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
Eduard Franz Joseph Graf von Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe (24 February 1833 – 29 November 1895) was an Austrian statesman, who served for two terms as Minister-President of Cisleithania, leading cabinets from 1868 to 1870 and 1879 to 1893. He was a scion of the Irish Taaffe noble dynasty, who held hereditary titles from two countries: Imperial Counts (Reichsgrafen) of the Holy Roman Empire and viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland (in the United Kingdom).