Baron Ignaz von Plener (21 May 1810 – 17 February 1908) was an
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n statesman. He served as
Minister-President of Austria.
Biography
Baron (Freiherr) Ignaz von Plener was born in
Vienna
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in 1810 in a family of lower nobility. He studied law at the
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...
before entering the governmental service.
In 1859 he was made Privy Councilor, a year afterward received the portfolio of Finance and revived the Bank Acts and the Ministry of Commerce before his resignation in 1865, and in 1867 entered the Liberal Centralist cabinet of Giska as Minister of Commerce. This post he held until 1870.
He became the 3rd
Minister-President of Cisleithania from 15 January 1870 to 1 February 1870.
He was a member of the Lower House until 1873, when he was appointed to the House of Lords. In 1882 Plener was an ardent opponent of a personal income tax. He was the father of
Ernst von Plener
Ernst Baron von Plener (18 October 1841 in Cheb, Eger, Bohemia – 29 April 1923 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian statesman, son of Ignaz von Plener.
He was educated at University of Vienna, Vienna and Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin. He ...
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See also
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List of Ministers-President of Austria
External links
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1810 births
1908 deaths
Politicians from Vienna
Barons of Austria
Constitutional Party (Austria) politicians
Ministers-President of Austria
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1861–1867)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1867–1870)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1870–1871)
Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1871–1873)
Members of the Bohemian Diet
19th-century Ministers-President of Austria
University of Vienna alumni