Baron Levin Rauch de Nyék (; 6 October 1819 – 25 August 1890) was an Austrian-Hungarian politician and appointed Ban of Croatia-Slavonia between 1867 and 1871. He is most notable for securing victory of the Unionist Party through changing the election law and terrorising those who were able to vote.

Life

His father was Dániel ''

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'' Rauch de Nyék (1778–1831), while his mother was Erzsébet Farkas de Nagyjóka (1787–1858). His grandfather was Pál ''

'' Rauch de Nyék (c.1739–1815), colonel, who received on 6 April 1763 from Queen Maria Theresia the title of ''

'' (or

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). His paternal grandmother was Anna Szegedy de Mezőszeged. Pál Freiherr Rauch de Nyék was promoted to major-general in 1765. Rauch was a member of the unionist party that advocated an integration of

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and

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. After the

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, Croatia became a

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crown territory separate from Hungary, but when the Austrian-Hungarian Ausgleich was signed,

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was created and Rauch was appointed as the acting '' ban'' (or

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) of Croatia on 27 June 1867. By this, the Croatian autonomy within the Hungarian kingdom was automatically abolished. During this time a new Croatian–Hungarian Settlement was negotiated and put in effect by which Croatia reinstated some of its earlier

autonomy In developmental psychology and moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. Autonomous organizations or institutions are independent or self-governing. Autonomy can also be ...

, but also lost some other rights. Rauch was made the official ban on 8 December 1868 and remained in office until 26 January 1871.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rauch, Levin 1819 births 1890 deaths People from Zaprešić Politicians from Austria-Hungary Bans of Croatia Knights Commander of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary