Baron Alexander von Bach
Alexander von Bach | |
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Portrait of Alexander von Bach (c. 1849) by Josef Kriehuber. | |
| Interior Minister of the Austrian Empire | |
| In office 28 July 1849 – 22 August 1859 | |
| Monarch | Francis Joseph I |
| Prime Minister | Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1849–1852) Count Karl Ferdinand von Buol (1852–1859) |
| Preceded by | Franz Stadion, Count von Warthausen |
| Succeeded by | Count Agenor Gołuchowski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 January 1813 Loosdorf, Austria |
| Died | 12 November 1893 (aged 80) Schöngrabern, Austria |
Alexander, Baron von Bach (German: Alexander Freiherr von Bach; 4 January 1813, Loosdorf, Austria – 12 November 1893, Schöngrabern, Austria) was an Austrian politician. His most notable achievement was instituting a system of centralized control at the beginning of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.