Otto Lecher (6 January 1860 – 20 January 1939) Dr. Otto Lecher
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n politician. He was born in

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, Landstraße in the

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. He earned a doctorate of law, and became President of the Board of Trade in Brunn. He was also Secretary of the Brunn Chamber of Trade and Industry. He was elected to the ''Abgeordnetenhaus'' ("House of Delegates") of the ''Reichsrat'' ("Imperial Council") from Brunn, and served for many years. He is perhaps best remembered for a 12-hour speech he gave on 28 October 1897: a "

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" to block action on the "''

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''" with

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, which was due for renewal.

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was present, and described the speech, and the political circumstances which led to it, in his essay "Stirring Times in Austria". At the end of

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, Lecher was a Member of the Provisional ''Nationalversammlung'' ("National Assembly") which established the

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, serving from 21 October 1918 to 16 February 1919. Lecher died in

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on 20 January 1939.

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