Ministry of Taaffe II
The Taaffe II Ministry was formed on August 12, 1879 by Prime Minister Eduard Taaffe in Cisleithanien (an unofficial term for the northern and western parts of Austria-Hungary, which is used primarily in civil servants and lawyers ). Taaffe was a childhood friend of Emperor Franz Joseph I and from 1868 to 1870 he was already imperial prime minister (see Ministry of the Citizenship ). His government replaced the Stremayr Ministry in 1879 and remained in office until November 11, 1893; that was (and remained until the end of the monarchy) by far the longest term of office of a Cisleithan government. It was followed by the Windisch-Grätz Ministry .
The foreign minister, the war minister and the joint finance minister did not belong to this cabinet. See kuk joint ministries .
minister
The following ministers belonged to the ministry:
Office | Official | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
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Prime Minister | Eduard Taaffe | August 12, 1879 | November 11, 1893 |
Agriculture Minister | Julius von Falkenhayn | August 12, 1879 | November 11, 1893 |
Minister of Commerce |
Karl Korb von Weidenheim Alfred von Kremer Felix Pino von Friedenthal Karl von Pusswald (commissioned) Olivier Marquis de Bacquehem |
August 12, 1879 June 26, 1880 January 14, 1881 March 16, 1886 June 26, 1886 |
June 26, 1880 January 14, 1881 March 16, 1886 June 26, 1886 November 11, 1893 |
Minister of Culture and Education |
Karl von Stremayr Sigmund Conrad von Eybesfeld Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn |
August 12, 1879 February 16, 1880 November 5, 1885 |
February 16, 1880 November 5, 1885 November 11, 1893 |
Finance minister |
Emil Chertek Adolf Kriegs-Au Julian von Dunajewski Emil Steinbach |
August 12, 1879 February 16, 1880 June 26, 1880 February 2, 1891 |
February 16, 1880 June 26, 1880 February 2, 1891 November 11, 1893 |
Interior minister | Eduard Taaffe | August 12, 1879 | November 11, 1893 |
Minister of Justice | Karl von Stremayr Moritz von Streit Alois von Pražák (commissioned) Friedrich Schönborn |
August 12, 1879 June 26, 1880 January 14, 1881 October 11, 1888 |
June 26, 1880 January 14, 1881 October 11, 1888 November 11, 1893 |
Minister for National Defense |
Julius von Horst Zeno Welser von Welsersheimb |
August 12, 1879 June 26, 1880 |
June 26, 1880 November 11, 1893 |
Minister with no portfolio |
Florian von Ziemialkowski Filip Zaleski |
August 12, 1879 October 11, 1888 |
October 11, 1888 November 11, 1893 |
Minister with no portfolio | Alois von Pražák Gandolf von Kuenburg |
August 12, 1879 August 4, 1892 |
August 4, 1892 November 27, 1892 |