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 Paul (Pavao) ''

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

'' (or Baron). His paternal grandmother was Anna Szegedy de Mezőszeged. Paul 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 Habsburg 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 Ban, or BAN, may refer to: Law * Ban (law), a decree that prohibits something, sometimes a form of censorship, being denied from entering or using the place/item ** Imperial ban (''Reichsacht''), a form of outlawry in the medieval Holy Roman ...

'' (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 The Croatian–Hungarian Settlement ( hr, Hrvatsko-ugarska nagodba, hu, magyar–horvát kiegyezés, german: Kroatisch-Ungarischer Ausgleich) was a pact signed in 1868 that governed Croatia's political status in the Hungarian-ruled part of Aust ...

was negotiated and put in effect by which Croatia reinstated some of its earlier autonomy, 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 Hungarian politicians Bans of Croatia Knights Commander of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary