Archduke Rainer's Ministry
The Ministry of Archduke Rainer of the Austrian Empire, chaired by the Ministerial Conference Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria , was in office from February 4, 1861 to June 26, 1865. The Habsburg Archduke Rainer was nominally chairman of the Ministerial Conference in the liberal cabinet, which, however, was de facto under the Head of State Minister Anton von Schmerling stood.
history
Archduke Rainer's predecessor as chairman of the Ministerial Conference was Bernhard von Rechberg , who tried to find an amicable solution with Prussia on the German question and opposed the Greater German solution , which was advocated by the State Minister and actual head of the Archduke Rainer Ministry , Anton von Schmerling . Minister of State Schmerling tried to strengthen Austria's chairmanship in the German Confederation against Prussia, but failed because of Otto von Bismarck's aggressive opposition .
Inside, Schmerling essentially created the centralized February constitution of 1861. Archduke Rainer's ministry took significant steps with the Protestant patent (1861), the law of October 27, 1862 for the protection of personal freedom and the law of October 27, 1862 for the protection of domestic rights set for the liberalization of conditions in the Austrian Empire. Archduke Rainer's ministry resigned on June 26, 1865 after Emperor Franz Joseph I withdrew his trust. With Richard Belcredi, the emperor turned to a declared conservative and appointed him Minister of State and Chairman of the Ministerial Conference ( Ministry Belcredi ).
Members of the Council of Ministers
- Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (1827–1913), Chairman of the Ministerial Conference
- Anton von Schmerling (1805-1893), Minister of State
- Bernhard von Rechberg (1806–1899), Foreign Minister until October 1864
- Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1813–1871), Foreign Minister from October 1864
- August von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1798–1876), Minister of War until 1864
- Karl von Franck (1806–1867), Minister of War from 1864
- Friedrich Moritz von Burger (1804–1873), Minister of the Navy
- Adolf Pratobevera von Wiesborn (1806–18735), Minister of Justice until December 1862
- Franz von Hein (1808–1890), Minister of Justice from December 1862
- Ignaz von Plener (1810–1908), Minister of Finance
- Ludwig von Holzgethan (1800–1876), Deputy Minister for Finance
- Matthias Constantin Capello von Wickenburg (1797–1880), Minister of Commerce until 1863
- Josef Kalchegger von Kalchberg (1801–1882), Minister of Commerce from 1863
- Josef Lasser von Zollheim (1814–1879), Minister and Head of the Political Administration Department
- Karl Mecséry de Tsóor (1804–1885), Minister of Police
- Antal Szécsen von Temerin (1819–1896), minister without portfolio until 1861
- Moritz Esterházy de Galantha (1807–1890), minister without portfolio
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Rainer Ferdinand . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 7th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1861, p. 127 ( digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Rechberg and Rothenlöwen, Johann Bernhard Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 25th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1873, pp. 89–94 ( digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Schmerling, Anton Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 30th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1875, pp. 172–186 ( digitized version ).
- Alfred von Arneth : Anton Ritter von Schmerling. Episodes from his life 1835, 1848–1849 . Vienna, 1895
- Franz Ilwof : Schmerling, Anton Ritter von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, pp. 56-72.
- K. Vocelka: Schmerling Anton von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 234 f. (Direct links on p. 234 , p. 235 ).
- Lothar Höbelt (Ed.): Austria's Path to Constitutional Monarchy: From the Point of View of State Minister Anton von Schmerling (= Law and Social Science Series , Volume 9), Lang, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Bern / New York / Paris / Vienna 1994 , ISBN 3-631-47167-X .
- Helmut Rumpler : Schmerling, Anton Ritter von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , pp. 132-134 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 106 f.
- ↑ The Constitution of the Austrian Monarchy, together with two supplements (Basic Law on Reich Representation as well as State Order and Landtag Election Order for the 17 Cisleithan Crown Lands), RGBl. No. 20/1861 of February 28, 1861 (= p. 69 ff.)
- ↑ RGBl. No. 87/1862 (= p. 243 f.)
- ↑ RGBl. No. 88/1862 (= p. 245 f.)