Anton Retschek

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Anton Retschek (born April 8, 1885 in Hunin , † July 18, 1950 in Vienna ) was an Austrian diplomat .

Life

From 1923 to 1925, Anton Retschek headed the information office of the Migration Office , before taking up his post as envoy in the newly created Austrian embassy in Rio de Janeiro. He became Prime Minister and Consul General in Rio de Janeiro in 1925 and was accredited to the governments of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. From 1927 to 1932 and from 1933 to 1938 he was accredited by the governments in Santiago de Chile . During the Anschluss of Austria he was a representative of the “Free Austrian Movement” (FAM) and of the Comitö de Protegäo dos Interesses Austrfacos no Brasil, (Committee for the Protection of Austrian Interests in Brazil). From 1947 to 1949 he was again ambassador to Rio de Janeiro.

Individual evidence

  1. Ursula Prutsch, Klaus Zeyringer, Die Welten des Paul Frischauer , p. 231
predecessor Office successor
May 22, 1912-11. November 1918: Franz Kolossa Austrian ambassador in Rio de Janeiro from
1925 to 1938
Austrian ambassador to Rio de Janeiro from
1947 to 1949
Adrian Rotter
Alois Flesch de Böös Austrian ambassador to Santiago de Chile from
1927 to 1932
Alfons Knaffl-Lenz
Alfons Knaffl-Lenz Austrian ambassador to Santiago de Chile
1933 to 1938
Hugo SV Becker