Post by Kaisertum Österreich on Aug 16, 2015 22:52:10 GMT
Head of State:
His Imperial Majesty, Ferdinand I of Austria, Emperor of Austria, and King of Hungary
His Majesty's Regency council:
Erzherzog Louis Joseph Anton Johann, Kaiserliche Prinz von Österreich
Uncle to the Austrian Emperor, Feldmarschallleutnant Archduke Louis on the death of his brother, Emperor Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Emperor of Austria, was appointed as Head of the State Conference, which controlled all government offices on behalf of Emperor Ferdinand I
Erzherzog Karl-Francis Maximilian Von Graz, Kaiserliche Prinz von Österreich
Short tempered and brutish, von Graz at the age of twenty was in the eyes of most Austrian politicians "a little young". However, being apart of the Imperial Royal family, and therefore one of the many young royals, in line to the Imperial throne, be it more distant than others, he still held considerable inflaunce. von Graz's family owe their position of political inflaunce not only to their links with the Royal family but also their personal wealth. The von Graz's are by far one of the richest families in the Austrian Empire owing to their many estates across Austria, Bohemia, and following Europe's latest conflict, choice lands in Silesia. Since a young age von Graz has shown a deep, and passionate interest in the study of military history, operational arts, and politics - those who knew him best continually advised others "Stay off the Third Silesian war and Frederick II!". Taking over responsibilities from his influential father, who himself was a close friend of Emperor Francis II, von Graz advises Erzherzog Louis on matters of state
Franz Anton, Graf von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky
Graf von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, an enlighten member of high Austrian nobility, was also appointed in 1836 to the Regency Council as dictated in Emperor Francis IIs will. Like von Graz he heralds from a wealthy and influential Austrian family with a long service in the Royal Army
Klemens Wenzel, Fürst von Metternich
Von Metternich, master mind of the Congress of Vienna of 1815, which helped to re-establish absolutism in Europe, is Austria's current Chancellor. The role of Metternich is rather straight forward, he takes decisions made by State Conference and turns them into policy to be voted on, and usually passed, in the Reich's Parliament
The Imperial Austrian Government:
State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire: Klemens Wenzel, Fürst von Metternich
Imperial Foreign minister: Felix Prinz zu Schwarzenberg
The Imperial minister for Finance : Karl Friedrich von Kübeck
The Imperial minister for War: Feldmarschallleutnant Theodor Graf Baillet de Latour
The Imperial minister for Defence: Erzherzog Karl, Herzog von Teschen
The Imperial minister for the Interior: Franz Stadion, Graf von Warthausen
The Imperial minister for Internal Development: Franz Anton, Graf von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky