Baron Pavao Rauch de Nyék (20 February 1865 – 29 November 1933) was a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n politician who served as Ban (viceroy) of Croatia-Slavonia between 1908 and 1910.

Life

Born in

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, he was the son of Baron

Levin Rauch 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 ...

de Nyék, Ban (viceroy) of Croatia-Slavonia, and Countess Antonia Sermage von Szomszédvár et Medvedgrád (1826–1913). Pavao Rauch was appointed as vice-roy on 8 January 1908. Ten thousand protesters met Rauch upon his arrival in

on 15 January, hurling abuse and throwing spoiled eggs and pebbles at him. From the very beginning of Rauch's rule, the Croato-Serbian Coalition announced that it would refuse to co-operate in any manner with the new unionist vice-roy.Mira Kolar: "''The Activities of Vice-Roy Pavao Rauch In Croatia''"
/ref> After the

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(''Sabor'') had been disbanded on 12 March 1908 because of its refusal to co-operate with and the insults it directed at the Vice-Roy, Pavao Rauch ruled through

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s and civil servants. Despite all opposition predictions, Rauch remained in power for two years. On 5 February 1910, he received the King's letter of dismissal.

Nikola Tomašić Nikola Tomašić (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Miklós Tomassich'' or ''Miklós Tomasics''; 13 January 1864 – 29 May 1918) was a Croatian politician, who served as ban (title), ban (viceroy) of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. In 1903 he s ...

had been immediately appointed as new vice-roy. In 1888 he married Rozin von Bächle. Their only son Paul was killed fighting in Samoa in 1918. Paul's widow Elsa remarried to Robert

von Blumenthal The Blumenthal family is a Lutheran and Roman Catholic German noble family, originally from Brandenburg-Prussia. Other (unrelated) families of this name exist in Switzerland and formerly in Russia, and many unrelated families (quite a few of them ...

in 1921. He died in Martijanec.

References

1865 births 1933 deaths Politicians from Zagreb Croatian Austro-Hungarians Bans of Croatia 19th-century Croatian nobility 20th-century Croatian nobility Politicians from Austria-Hungary {{Croatia-bio-stub