Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe

Hochgeboren Eduard Franz Joseph Graf von Taaffe, Viscount Taaffe
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	(1833-02-24)24 February 1833 Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died	29 November 1895(1895-11-29) (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).