Alfredo Mengotti

Alfredo Mengotti (born January 8, 1866 in Bologna , Kingdom of Italy , † March 29, 1925 in Madrid ) was a Swiss diplomat . From 1918 until his death in 1925 he was the Swiss envoy to the Kingdom of Spain .

Life

His family is originally from Poschiavo GR . The trained engineer pursued a commercial activity in Spain , mainly as a representative of various Swiss trading houses. Mengotti replaced the late Honorary Consul General Charles Lardet in 1904 and remained in Madrid as Honorary Consul General of Switzerland until 1910. With the transformation of the Honorary Consulate General to the embassy in 1910, the Federal Mengotti appointed Consul General and Charge d'Affaires of the newly established embassy in Madrid. With that, Mengotti definitely entered the diplomatic service.

Mengotti often complained that his official diplomatic position in Spain was inadequate and that he could hardly get access to the relevant authorities. The Federal Council responded on April 21, 1914 by appointing Mengotti as Minister-Resident . On February 20, 1918, the Federal Councilor awarded Mengotti the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Thus he was the first Swiss envoy to the Kingdom of Spain.

Mengotti kept the post in Madrid until his death on March 29, 1925. The Federal Council appointed the professional diplomat Maxime de Stoutz as his successor . Mengotti, the so-called self-made man , never lived on Swiss soil.

Mengotti's marriage to Matilde Arnaiz Quirós resulted in nine children (Alfredo, Enrique, Paco, Adolfo , Arturo, Matilde, Teresa, Carlos and Leonor).

literature

Claude Altermatt: Les débuts de la diplomatie professionnelle en Suisse (1848–1914). Freiburg 1990, p. 269.

Web links

Marc Perrenoud / CSC: Mengotti, Alfredo. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Mengotti, Alfredo in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Mengotti, Alfredo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mengotti, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	January 8, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bologna
DATE OF DEATH	March 29, 1925
Place of death	Madrid

[1] Federal Council Protocol No. 3050 of June 28, 1904: "Consulate General in Madrid"

[2] Federal Council Protocol No. 6590 of November 22, 1910: "Consulat général de Suisse à Madrid"

[3] Federal Council Protocol No. 1932 of April 21, 1914: "Appointment of Mr. Mengotti as Minister-Resident in Madrid"

[4] Federal Council Protocol No. 475 of February 20, 1918: "Awarding the title of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Minister-Resident Mengotti"

[5] 1917 - Familia Mengotti