Count Richard Von Bienerth-Schmerling

Baron Richard von Bienerth, after 1915 Count von Bienerth-Schmeling (2 March 1863, Verona – 3 June 1918, Vienna), was an Austrian statesman.

He was the son of the Austrian Lieutenant-Field Marshal Karl von Bienerth (1825–1882) and a grandson on his mother's side of the Minister of State and later President of the High Court of Cassation Anton von Schmerling (1805−1893).

Richard Freiherr von Bienerth entered the service of the state in 1884 in the Styrian governorate, embarked on a civil servant's career after 1886 in the education ministry in Vienna, was from 1899 to 1905 the Vice-President of the Lower Austrian school inspectorate, took the reins of the education ministry on 11 September 1905 as section head in the cabinet of Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn, which he also maintained in the short-lived government of Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst. In the cabinet of Baron Max Wladimir von Beck he was minister for the interior from 2 June 1906 to 15 November 1908 and worked on the electoral reform (introduction of universal male suffrage) of 1907. After Von Beck's downfall, Emperor Franz Joseph I appointed him prime minister, an office that he held from 15 November 1908 to 28 June 1911. After the government's loss of a parliamentary working majority after the Reichsrat elections of June 1911, which brought heavy losses for the Christian Social Party and the Poland Club, he resigned as prime minister and served the state as governor of Lower Austria - succeeding Count Erich Kielmansegg and despite suffering from an incurable disease - until 28 November 1915. When he resigned as governor, the Emperor elevated him to the rank of Count.

Ministers-President of the Austrian Empire

Anton Graf von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky Charles-Louis Reichsgraf von Ficquelmont Franz Feirherr von Pillersdorf Anton Freiherr von Doblhoff-Dier Johann Freiherr von Wessenberg-Ampringen Felix Furst von Schwarzenberg Karl Ferdinand Graf von Buol-Schauenstein Johann Bernhard Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen Erzherzog Rainer Alexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly Richard Graf von Belcredi Friedrich Ferdinand Graf Beust Ministers-President of Austria (Cisleithania) in Austria–Hungary, 1867–1918

Graf von Beust Karl Furst zu Auersperg Graf von Taaffe Feirherr von Plener Hasner Graf Potocki Graf von Hohenwart Feirherr von Holzgethan Adolf Furst zu Auersperg Ritter von Stremayr Graf von Taaffe Furst von Windischgrätz Graf Kielmansegg Graf Badeni Feirherr von Gautsch Furst von Thun Furst von Clary und Aldringen Ritter von Wittek Koerber Feirherr von Gautsch Furst von Hohenlohe Feirherr von Beck Graff von Bienerth Feirherr von Gautsch Graf von Stürgkh Koerber Graf von Clam-Martinic Seidler Feirherr von Hussarek Lammasch

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Name	Bienerth, Richard
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Date of death	3 June 1918
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