Ignaz von Rudhart
2 February – 8 December 1837 (o.s.)
Weismain, Upper Franconia
Trieste, Austrian Empire
Ignaz Ritter von Rudhart (11 March 1790 in Weismain, Upper Franconia – 11 May 1838) was a Bavarian scholar and public servant who was dispatched to Greece to serve as President of the Privy Council (Prime Minister) during the reign of King Otto.
Von Rudhart had received a doctorate of law from the University of Munich, had authored two books, one of them a statistical survey of the Bavarian Kingdom, which he served as a member of the Council of State, prior to his appointment as Prime Minister of Greece.
When he arrived in Athens in February 1837, he was received suspiciously by the English legate Lyons (who had been a supporter of his predecessor, von Armansperg) and immediately found himself at odds with the king over the role of the prime minister. King Otto was committed to an absolute monarchy and was resistant to a powerful chief minister. Von Rudhart had a series of clashes with king, and being disliked by Queen Amalia, his resignation was accepted by King Otto 10 months after he arrived in Greece. Otto served as his own President of the Privy Council until a constitution was forced on him during the 3 September 1843 Revolution.
References
- John A. Petropulos; Politics and Statecraft in the Kingdom of Greece; Princeton University Press, 1968
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Preceded by | Prime Minister of Greece 2 February - 8 December 1837 (o.s.) | Succeeded by |
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- Karl von Abel
- Josef Ludwig von Armansperg
- Johann Baptist Greiner
- Carl Wilhelm von Heideck
- Georg Ludwig von Maurer
- Ignaz von Rudhart
- London Conference of 1832
- Trial of Kolokotronis
- Philorthodox Conspiracy
- Cretan Revolt (1841)
- 3 September 1843 Revolution
- Greek Constitution of 1844
- Don Pacifico affair
- Crimean War (Siege of Sevastopol, Battle of Eupatoria)
- Epirus Revolt of 1854
- Thessaly Revolt of 1854
- 23 October 1862 Revolution
- Greek legal system
- Greek academic art of the 19th century
- Party of Radicals
- Athens School of Fine Arts
- Archaeological Society of Athens
- Bavarian Auxiliary Corps
- Church of Greece
- Council of State
- Court of Audit
- Court of Cassation
- Greek Archaeological Service
- Greek Evangelical Church
- Greek Volunteer Legion
- Hellenic Gendarmerie
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- National Bank of Greece
- National Library of Greece
- National Technical University of Athens
- Regency Council
- Royal Phalanx
- Fix Brewery
- Greek Crown Jewels
- Lion of the Bavarians
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