Ministry of Ficquelmont

The Ficquelmont Ministry of the Austrian Empire, chaired by Prime Minister Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont , was in office from April 19 to May 4, 1848.

history

After the rapid resignation of the first Prime Minister of the Austrian Empire, Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, followed as Prime Minister Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont , who, however, as a member of Metternich's party and a proven friend of Russia , was forced to resign through demonstrations at the beginning of May. He was succeeded as Prime Minister Franz von Pillersdorf , whose opposition to the ruling system around Metternichs was known.

Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont (1777–1857), Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs
Peter von Zanini , Minister of War until April 29, 1848
Theodor Baillet de Latour (1780–1848), Minister of War from April 29, 1848
Philipp von Krauss (1792–1861), Minister of Finance
Franz von Pillersdorf (1786–1862), Minister of the Interior
Franz Seraph von Sommaruga (1780–1860), Minister of Culture
Ludwig Graf Taaffe , Minister of Justice

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