Seidler Ministry

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The Ministry Seidler (23 June 1917 - 25 July 1918; "Ministry" called in the former parlance the whole Cabinet ) was one of Emperor I. Karl -proclaimed government of the Austrian lands (Cisleithania) in Austria-Hungary .

Term of office

The government headed by Ernst von Seidler followed the unsuccessful Clam-Martinic ministry, which had only been in office for six months and to which the lawyer Seidler, a politically inexperienced expert, who was ennobled in 1916, had belonged as agriculture minister . Seidler now headed the second Cisleithan cabinet appointed by the young emperor. Efforts were made to send out signals of the desired consensus in the multi-ethnic state by appointing politicians of Slovene nationality and from Galicia; the Czech politicians, who no longer wanted to be governed from Vienna, stayed away, however, and a Slovenian minister resigned prematurely.

The majority of the department heads were initially only appointed as ministers and (provisional) heads of ministries. On August 30, 1917, most of them received the title of ministerial officer. In the Seidler Ministry the establishment of the Ministry of Social Affairs was prepared and carried out, the establishment of the Ministry of Public Health was prepared. From February 26, 1918 until the end of the monarchy, the respective President of the kk Office for People's Nutrition , who had the rank of section head and who was appointed Prime Minister, was admitted to the government as a minister without a portfolio; he was entitled to issue ordinances like a minister of departments.

The Seidler Ministry was ultimately just as unsuccessful as its predecessors, since neither the nationality problem nor supply crises could be resolved. In addition, the military situation in Austria-Hungary continued to deteriorate, despite the hopes that had been cherished in Russia's departure from the ranks of war opponents, triggered by the Russian Revolution in 1917. The United States , which had declared war on the German Reich , which was allied with Austria-Hungary, in April 1917, did the same in December 1917 against the Danube Monarchy, which, due to its weaknesses, became more and more dependent on the Germans militarily and economically.

On July 25, 1918, the Hussarek Ministry was appointed, the penultimate government of Old Austria; this did not result in any improvement in the state.

The head of state of Cisleithania was Charles I , Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia ( 11 November 1918 waived any share in state affairs), joint Austro-Hungarian ministers during the term of office of the Seidler Ministry were:

minister

kk minister Official Political party kk authority annotation
Prime Minister Ernst Ritter Seidler from Feuchtenegg Presidency of the Council of Ministers Previously since June 1, 1917 Minister of Agriculture ( Clam-Martinic )
Minister of the Interior Friedrich von Toggenburg , dated June 11, 1918 to Edmund von Gayer Ministry of the Interior Toggenburg in office since June 11, 1917 ( Clam-Martinic )
Minister of Justice Hugo Ritter von Schauer Ministry of Justice Entrusted with the management until August 30, 1917
Minister for Culture and Education Ludwig Cwiklinski Ministry of Culture and Education Entrusted with the management until August 30, 1917
Finance minister Ferdinand von Wimmer Ministry of Finance Entrusted with the management until August 30, 1917
Minister of Commerce Viktor Mataja until August 30, 1917, then Friedrich von Wieser Ministry of Commerce Mataja: entrusted with the management; from August 30, 1917 see Minister, Preparatory Work for the Creation of a Ministry for Social Welfare . Wieser in office until November 11, 1918 ( Hussarek , Lammasch )
Minister for Public Works Emil Freiherr Homann von Herimberg Ministry of Public Works Entrusted with the management until August 30, 1917. In office until November 11, 1918 ( Hussarek , Lammasch )
Railway Minister Karl Freiherr von Banhans Ministry of Railways Entrusted with the management until August 30, 1917. In office until November 11, 1918 ( Hussarek , Lammasch )
Agriculture Minister Moritz von Ertl, until August 30, 1917, then Count Ernst Silva-Tarouca Ministry of Agriculture Ertl: entrusted with the management. Silva: in office until November 11, 1918 ( Hussarek , Lammasch )
Minister until December 22, 1917, then Minister for Social Welfare Viktor Mataja from August 30, 1917 Preparatory work, then Ministry of Social Welfare November 15, 1908 to November 3, 1911 ( Bienerth , Gautsch ) and June 23 to 30. August 1917 entrusted with the management of the Ministry of Commerce. The new ministry began operations on January 1, 1918.
Minister, preparatory work for the Ministry of Public Health Ivan Horbaczewski from August 30, 1917 Preparatory work for the Ministry of Public Health (in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers) Appointed Minister of Public Health on July 30, 1918 ( Hussarek ). In office until November 11, 1918 ( Ministry of Lammasch ).
Minister, Head of the National Nutrition Office Major General Anton Höfer , leader, until February 26, 1918, then Ludwig Paul , President Office for People's Nutrition at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Colonel Höfer had previously been in the Clam-Martinic Ministry since January 5, 1917 . Paul: until November 11th ( Hussarek , Lammasch ); 1919 State Secretary for Transport ( Renner II ,  III ) until † July 1, 1920
Minister for National Defense Karl Freiherr Czapp von Birkenstetten Ministry of National Defense Entrusted with the management until August 30, 1917; in office until October 27, 1918 ( Hussarek )
Minister (unofficially: Minister of State for Galicia ) Julius von Twardowski-Skrzypna Presidency of the Council of Ministers without portfolio and section head
Minister (August 30, 1917 to May 6, 1918) Ivan from Žolger Presidency of the Council of Ministers With the task of administrative coordination in the war on a case-by-case basis; retired through individual resignation

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , No. 144, June 26, 1917, p. 2
  2. ↑ Official daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , No. 199, August 31, 1917, p. 1
  3. ^ Official daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , No. 169, July 26, 1918, p. 1 f.
  4. ↑ Homann von Herimberg, Emil Frh. (1862–1945), administrative officer , Austrian Biographical Lexicon, biographien.ac.at
  5. ^ Official daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , No. 295, December 28, 1917, p. 1
  6. ^ Official daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , No. 48, February 28, 1918, p. 1
  7. ^ Official daily newspaper Wiener Zeitung , No. 106, May 9, 1918, p. 1