He was made the successor for the position on 9 January 1891 and resumed the role of President of the Duchy of Bukovina, serving as the head of the state government, on 1 August 1891.

[2] Influenced by German and Polish social circles, Pace von Friedensberg restricted the use of the Romanian language in government administration and judicial proceedings.

Upon leaving office, Pace von Friedensberg was not honored with any decorations, unlike his predecessors, due to his lack of adversity in his administrative career.

On 27 December 1909 Pace von Friedensberg was appointed as a member of the Austrian Imperial Council for life and served as vice-president of the Commission for Legal Reform from 1911 until 1914.

He created a legal system for the Ministry of the Interior and revised Ernst Mayerhofer's Handbuch für die politische Verwaltungsdienst.