The Hohenzollern Cabinet formed the Prussian State Ministry appointed by Prince Regent Wilhelm I from November 6, 1858, to March 11, 1862.[1]
Hohenzollern Cabinet | |
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Cabinet of the Kingdom of Prussia | |
1858–1862 | |
Date formed | November 6, 1858 |
Date dissolved | March 11, 1862 (3 years, 4 months and 5 days) |
People and organisations | |
King | Frederick William IV William I |
Minister President | Karl Anton von Hohenzollern |
History | |
Predecessor | Manteuffel cabinet |
Successor | Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen cabinet |
History
editThe transfer of government duties to William I by the ill King Frederick William IV resulted in a change of political course. The newly installed government consisted of liberal-conservative representatives of the Wochenblatt Party. The term in office is referred to as the "New Era", in which, in a certain departure from the reactionary era, public life was liberalized and the government cooperated more closely with the liberal chamber majority. However, the de facto head of the cabinet was not the Prime Minister, but the liberal former Prime Minister of 1848, Rudolf von Auerswald. As a minister without a portfolio, he was de facto deputy to the Prime Minister. In the spring of 1862, the Army reform escalated the Prussian constitutional conflict with the liberal chamber majority over the state parliament's co-determination in military affairs and fundamentally over the (German: parliamentarization) of Prussia, which led to the government's resignation and the end of the New Era.[1]
Cabinet members
editPortfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Minister President | November 6, 1858 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | ||
Minister of State | November 6, 1858 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | ||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | November 6, 1858 | October 10, 1861 | N/A | ||
October 10, 1861 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | |||
Minister of Finance | November 6, 1858 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | ||
Minister of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs | November 6, 1858 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | ||
Minister of Justice | November 6, 1858 | December 14, 1860 | N/A | ||
December 17, 1860 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | |||
Minister of Trade, Commerce and Public Works | November 6, 1858 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | ||
Minister of Interior Affairs | November 6, 1858 | July 3, 1859 | N/A | ||
July 3, 1859 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | |||
Minister of War | November 6, 1858 | November 27, 1859 | N/A | ||
November 27, 1859 | December 5, 1859 | N/A | |||
December 5, 1859 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | |||
Minister of Agriculture, Domains and Forestry | November 6, 1858 | March 11, 1862 | N/A | ||
Chief of the Admiralty/Chief of Naval Administration /Naval Minister (from April 16, 1861) | November 15, 1858 | April 6, 1859 | N/A | ||
April 6, 1859 | December 6, 1860 | N/A | |||
December 6, 1860 | March 5, 1862 | N/A |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Holtz, Bärbel (2003). Die Protokolle des Preussischen Staatsministeriums 1817-1934/ 38. Hildesheim: Olms-Weidmann. pp. 421–423. ISBN 3-487-11825-4. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ Richter, Günter. "Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Karl Anton Fürst von - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 29 January 2024.