Alexander von Musulin
Baron Alexander Musulin von Gomirje (born October 27, 1868 in Agram , Austria-Hungary ; died January 9, 1947 in Fridau , Austria ) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat.
Life
Alexander von Musulin was the son of Lieutenant Field Marshal Emil Musulin von Gomirje and grew up in Agram. He studied law at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1891. His first position in the civil service was in 1891/92 as a concept intern in the presidium of the Croatian-Slavonian-Dalmatian state government. He passed the diplomatic examination in Vienna in 1892 and was employed in Dresden in 1893/94 , in Paris in 1894 and in Stuttgart in 1895, and was promoted to legation attaché in 1895. His next stops were Bucharest , from 1899 St. Petersburg , 1900/01 Athens and Belgrade . From 1903 he worked in the rank of legation counselor in the Oriental Department of the Foreign Ministry in Vienna. From 1910 to 1916 he headed the department for church political agendas and the department for East Asian affairs. In 1911 he received the title ao. Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister .
During the July crisis in 1914, Musulin was entrusted with the concept for the ultimatum to Serbia and for the memorandum to the great powers. After the outbreak of war, he was given the leadership of a newly established "War Department". From 1917 until the end of the war, von Musulin was ambassador in Bern . With the dissolution of the state, his employment relationship was also terminated. With the Nobility Repeal Act of 1919, his family name was officially changed. Musulin published an autobiographical work in Munich in 1924 under the title Das Haus am Ballplatz .
Von Musulin received a number of official awards and was made a Hungarian baron.
Musulin was married to Elsa von Isbary, the Austrian publicist Janko Musulin (1916–1978) was a son.
Fonts
- The house on the ball court. Memories of an Austro-Hungarian diplomat . Munich: Verlag für Kulturpolitik, 1924
literature
- Musulin von Gomirje, Alexander Frh. (1868–1947), diplomat. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 7, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1978,ISBN 3-7001-0187-2, p. 4 f. (Direct links on p. 4 , p. 5 ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander von Musulin in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Musulin, Alexander von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Musulin, Alexander von Gomirje; Musulin, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-Hungarian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1947 |
| Place of death | Fridau |