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Paul Ludwig Falk
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'''Paul Ludwig Falk''' (
10 August 1827 -
1900),
Germany German politician, was born at Matschkau,
Silesia. In 1847 he entered the Prussian state service, and in 1853 became public prosecutor at
Lyck. In 1858 he was elected a deputy, joining the
Old Liberal party. In 1868 he became a
privy-councillor in the ministry of justice. In 1872 he was made minister of education, and in connection with
Bismarck's policy of the
Kulturkampf he was responsible for the ''May Laws'' against the
Catholics. In 1879 his position became untenable, owing to the death of
Pope Pius IX and the change of German policy with regard to the
Vatican City Vatican, and he resigned his office, but retained his seat in the
Reichstag (institution) Reichstag until 1882. He was then made president of the supreme court of justice at
Hamm, where he died in 1900.
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Category:German politicians Falk, Paul Ludwig
Category:1827 births Falk, Paul Ludwig
Category:1900 deaths Falk, Paul Ludwig
de:Adalbert Falk
ru:Фальк, Ð?дальберт
