!!!Staatsrat

Staatsrat (State Council): 1) Supreme advisory body established by 
Maria Theresia in 1760, comprising three members of the 
noblemen´s Estate (called "Staatsminister", 
"State Ministers") and three of the knights´ Estate 
(called "Staatsrat", "State Councillor"). Except 
for the Staatskanzler (State Chancellor) no member was allowed to hold 
another office. Alongside the Staatsrat, a Conferenz-Rat 
("Conference Council") with a separate presidency was set up 
under Franz I. The Conference was turned into the  
Staatskonferenz in 1836, the Staatsrat became a tribunal for 
administrative matters and existed until April 4, 1848. Similar 
functions and responsibilities were entrusted to the "staendiger 
und verstaerkter Reichsrat" ("permanent and reinforced 
Imperial Council") from 1850-1861, which, from the February 
Patent of February 26, 1861 until 1867, was followed by an organ again 
called Staatsrat.

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2) Executive committee elected by the  Provisional National Assembly 
on October 21, 1918, composed of 20 members in proportion to the size 
of the parties, including the three presidents of the National 
Assembly; claimed the role of government (as far as it could gain 
acceptance) from October 30, 1918. After the abdication of Emperor 
Karl I on November 11, 1918 until December 9, 1920 it was the 
highest executive organ and was entrusted with the state 
administration (Cabinet of the State Secretaries heading the Staatsamt 
ministries). The president of the Staatsrat directorate was Head of 
State until December 9, 1920.

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3) One of the organs entrusted with preparatory deliberations on acts 
of legislation at the time of the Corporate State 1934-1938 (according 
to the Constitution of May 1, 1934), it consisted of 40-50 members 
appointed by the Federal President.

!Literature
C. F. Hock and H. I. Bidermann, Der 
oesterreichische Staatsrath 1760-1848, 1879.


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