Ministry of Pillersdorf
The Pillersdorf Ministry of the Austrian Empire, chaired by Prime Minister Franz von Pillersdorf , was in office from May 4 to July 8, 1848.
history
Prime Minister Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont , 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. Pillersdorf had already been appointed Minister of the Interior by Emperor Ferdinand on March 20, 1848 . On May 4, 1848 he was also appointed Prime Minister. The liberal constitution of April 25, 1848 ( Pillersdorf's constitution ) created by him for the Cisleithan countries could not satisfy either the revolutionaries or the crown, whereupon he resigned from his post as Prime Minister on July 8. He was succeeded by Anton von Doblhoff-Dier in office.
Members of the Council of Ministers
- Franz von Pillersdorf (1786–1862), Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior
- Johann von Wessenberg (1773-1858), Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Theodor Baillet de Latour (1780–1848), Minister of War
- Philipp von Krauss (1792–1861), Minister of Finance
- Andreas von Baumgartner (1793–1865), Minister for Public Works and Mining
- Anton von Doblhoff-Dier (1800–1872), Minister of Commerce
- Franz Seraph von Sommaruga (1780–1860), Minister of Culture
- Ludwig Graf Taaffe , Minister of Justice
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Pillersdorf, Franz Xaver Freiherr . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1870, pp. 294–299 ( digitized version ).
- Hanns Schlitter: Pillersdorff, Franz Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 135-137.
- W. Goldinger: Pillersdorff (Pillerstorf) Franz Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 77.
- Lothar Höbelt : Pillersdorff, Franz Freiherr von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 443 f. ( Digitized version ).