Heinrich Clam-Martinic Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Count
Heinrich Clam-Martinic
Office:
24th Minister-President of Cisleithania
Term Start:20 December 1916
Term End:23 June 1917
Predecessor:Ernest von Koerber
Successor:Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg
Birth Date:1 January 1863
Birth Place:Vienna,
Austrian Empire
Death Place:Klam, Austria
Office1:
2nd Military Governor of Montenegro
Monarch1:Charles I
Predecessor1:Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau
Termstart1:10 July 1917
Termend1:3 November 1918
Successor1:Position abolished

Heinrich Karl Maria Graf von Clam-Martinic (1 January 1863 in Vienna – 7 March 1932 in Klam) was an Austrian statesman. He was one of the last Prime Ministers in the Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian empire, he was called during World War I to head a new cabinet by Emperor Charles on 13 December 1916, soon after the death of Emperor Franz Joseph on 21 November 1916.[1] As Prime Minister, he replaced Ernest von Koerber, but his government only lasted until 30 May 1917. He was succeeded by Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg (1917-1918), Baron Max Hussarek von Heinlein (1918), and Heinrich Lammasch (1918).

His short-lived cabinet included well known contemporary Austrian figures such as Karl Urban and Joseph Baernreither. On 10 July 1917 Clam became, until the end of the war, Military Governor of occupied Montenegro, as successor of Viktor Weber Edler von Webenau. On 21 February 1918 the Emperor named him Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. He was a member of the Clam-Martinic family.

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  1. John W. Boyer, Culture and Political Crisis in Vienna: Christian Socialism in Power, 1897-1918, p. 400.