Hohenzollern cabinet

Hohenzollern Cabinet
Cabinet of the Kingdom of Prussia
1858–1862
Minister President Hohenzollern
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

The Hohenzollern Cabinet formed the Prussian State Ministry appointed by Prince Regent Wilhelm I from November 6, 1858, to March 11, 1862.^[1]

History

The 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


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office
Minister President	Karl Anton von Hohenzollern^[2]	November 6, 1858	March 11, 1862	N/A
Minister of State	Rudolf von Auerswald	November 6, 1858	March 11, 1862	N/A
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Alexander von Schleinitz	November 6, 1858	October 10, 1861	N/A
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Albrecht von Bernstorff	October 10, 1861	March 11, 1862	N/A
Minister of Finance	Robert von Patow	November 6, 1858	March 11, 1862	N/A
Minister of Spiritual, Educational and Medical Affairs	Moritz August von Bethmann-Hollweg	November 6, 1858	March 11, 1862	N/A
Minister of Justice	Ludwig Simons	November 6, 1858	December 14, 1860	N/A
Minister of Justice	August von Bernuth	December 17, 1860	March 11, 1862	N/A
Minister of Trade, Commerce and Public Works	August von der Heydt	November 6, 1858	March 11, 1862	N/A
Minister of Interior Affairs	Eduard Flottwell	November 6, 1858	July 3, 1859	N/A
Minister of Interior Affairs	Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar	July 3, 1859	March 11, 1862	N/A
Minister of War	Eduard von Bonin	November 6, 1858	November 27, 1859	N/A
	Karl Anton von Hohenzollern	November 27, 1859	December 5, 1859	N/A
	Albrecht von Roon	December 5, 1859	March 11, 1862	N/A
Minister of Agriculture, Domains and Forestry	Erdmann von Pückler	November 6, 1858	March 11, 1862	N/A
Chief of the Admiralty/Chief of Naval Administration /Naval Minister (from April 16, 1861)	Karl Anton von Hohenzollern	November 15, 1858	April 6, 1859	N/A
	Jan Schröder	April 6, 1859	December 6, 1860	N/A
	Albrecht von Roon	December 6, 1860	March 5, 1862	N/A

References

^ ^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.