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Richard, baron von Bienerth

prime minister of Austria
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Also called (after 1915):
Graf (count) von Bienerth-Schmerling
Born:
March 2, 1863, Verona, Venezia, Austrian Empire [now in Italy]
Died:
June 3, 1918, Vienna, Austria (aged 55)

Richard, baron von Bienerth (born March 2, 1863, Verona, Venezia, Austrian Empire [now in Italy]—died June 3, 1918, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian prime minister (1908–11). After service under the governor of Steiermark, or Styria, Bienerth was transferred to the Austrian Ministry of Education (1886), of which in 1905 he was named director and elevated to the Privy Council. Appointed minister of the interior for Austria (June 1906), he became a supporter of the ministerial program of suffrage reform. In November 1908, upon the resignation of Max, Baron von Beck, and with the patronage of the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, Count ...(100 of 147 words)

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