Karl Ritter von Stremayr
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Karl Ritter von Stremayr (1832–1904) was an Austrian statesman, born at Graz, where he also studied law, entered the government service, and subsequently was Attorney-General and docent at the University.
In 1848-49 he was a member of the Frankfurt Parliament. In 1868 he was appointed councilor in the Ministry of the Interior, and in 1870-79 was Minister of Public Instruction when he brought about the repeal of the Concordat of 1855. President of the council after the going out of the Auersperg ministry in 1879, he entered the cabinet of Count Taafe as Minister of Justice, but resigned in 1880, was appointed vice president and, after Schmerling's resignation in 1891, president of the Supreme Court. He retired in 1899. He was called to a seat in the House of Lords in 1889.
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