Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg

austrian politician and nobleman

Date of Birth: 10-May-1899

Place of Birth: Eferding, Upper Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1956

Profession: politician

Nationality: Austria, France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Prince Ernst Rüdiger Camillo von Starhemberg, also known as Ernst Rüdiger Camillo Starhemberg, (Eferding, 10 May 1899 – Schruns, 15 March 1956) was an Austrian nationalist and politician who helped introduce austrofascism and install a clerico-fascist dictatorship in Austria prior to World War II.
He was a leader of the Heimwehr and later of the Fatherland Front.
He was the 1,163rd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Austrian Order. Starhemberg served in the Bundesrat between 1920 and 1930, as Minister of Interior in 1930, Vice-Chancellor in 1934 and subsequently Acting Chancellor and Leader of the Front after the murder of Engelbert Dollfuss, relinquishing the former position after a few days.
Disenchanted by the moderate ways of Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg, he was ousted from power in 1936, when the Heimwehr was dissolved, and fled the country after the Anschluss to avoid retaliation from vengeful Nazis.