John Casimir Ehrnrooth

Johann Casimir Gustavowitsch Ernrot ( Ehrnrooth or Ehrnroth ) ( Bulgarian: Йохан Казимир Густавович Ернрот ) (* November 26, 1833 in Nastola, † February 5, 1913 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish- Russian- Bulgarian General, politician and Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

Life

Military career

After the education of the son of Major General Gustav Adolf Ernrot completed a military career during which he graduated as a lieutenant from 1855 to 1852, the Military Academy of Saint Petersburg. In the following three years, he played a key role in the suppression of the resistance of the Chechen and Avar revolutionaries to Imam Shamil as a major. At the end of hostilities, he was promoted on 11 September 1859 Lieutenant Colonel.

Subsequently, he rose within the Russian army on September 7, 1862 Colonel, and took part in the fighting against the Polish insurgents. After his promotion to major general in 1868 he took during the Russo - Ottoman War 1877-1878 as commander of infantry divisions to the liberation struggles of Bulgaria against the Ottoman occupation force in part. Later he was promoted to lieutenant general on November 3, 1878.

Prime Minister in 1881 and later offices

After the (limited) independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire on July 8, 1879, he was sent from Russia to Bulgaria, to represent Russia's interests against Prince Alexander I.. On April 17, 1880, he was appointed by Dragan Tsankov Kiriakow Minister of War. This office he held until July 13, 1881, was de facto the strong man of the former governments.

On 9 May 1881 he was finally appointed himself prime minister, as Prince Alexander I. tried hard to complete mastery of Bulgaria to achieve. Ernrot was one of the strongest supporters of the prince during this time. At the same time he took during his tenure the office of Minister of the Interior. However, he was forced to resign on 13 July, when the takeover of the prince threatened to fail. Following this, a power vacuum was created that was bridged by an approximately one-year sole reign of the prince.

After his loss of power, he returned to Russia, where he was a so-called Minister of State representing the interests of Finland from 1888 to April 1891 for Finnish Affairs Russian tsar. However, he suffered during this time, an increasing Russification of Finland.

After he retired from political life and died of a stroke later.