Richard von Friesen [SEP] place of death
Richard von Friesen
Richard von Friesen (9 August 1808, Thürmsdorf – 25 February 1884, Dresden) was a statesman of Saxony.
Biography.
He was educated at Göttingen and Leipzig, entered the civil service of Saxony, and rose to be minister of the interior from 1849 to 1852. In 1858 he became minister of finance, and in 1867 of foreign affairs also. He was appointed in 1870 a commissioner to negotiate in Versailles with the South German states treaties for the unification of Germany. From 1871 until
1866–1871: Johann Paul von Falkenstein
- 1871–1876: Richard Freiherr von Friesen
- 1876–1891: Georg Friedrich Alfred Graf von Fabrice
- 1891: Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Gerber
- 1891–1895: Julius Hans von Tümmel
- 1895–1901: Heinrich Rudolf Schurig
- 1901–1906: Karl Georg Levin von Metzsch-Reichenbach
- 1906–1910: Konrad Wilhelm Rüger
- 1910–1912: Victor Alexander von Otto
- 1912–1914: Max Clemens Lothar Freiherr von Hausen
- 1914–1918: Heinrich Gustav Beck
- 1918: Rudolf Heinze
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