Later Political Career
Hohenwart continued to maintain a presence in Austrian politics following his failed Premiership. He served under Minister-President Eduard Graf Taaffe from 1879 until 1892. Taaffe’s government was based on coalition of conservative German and Slav politicians known as the “Iron Ring.” Hohenwart was the head of a conservative group of Catholics from the Alpine regions and allied southern Slavs.
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