Josef Mertens
Josef Mertens (born April 17, 1865 in Cologne , † November 9, 1934 in Berlin ) was a German diplomat .
Life
After attending school, he studied law and, after passing the first state examination in 1886, joined the judicial service of the Kingdom of Prussia as a trainee lawyer . In 1891 he became an assessor in the diplomatic service . In 1900 he was appointed real legation councilor and lecturing councilor in the Foreign Office .
In 1906 he was accredited as Consul General in Constantinople and held this position for twelve years until the end of the First World War in 1918. In 1917 he was promoted to the real secret legation councilor there. In 1919 he returned to Berlin and became head of the peace office in the Foreign Office.
In 1920 he was made chargé d'affaires in Bulgaria and promoted to ambassador there in January 1922 . In this office he was succeeded in 1923 by Eugen Rümelin , while on March 30, 1923, he was the second class envoy in Egypt as the successor to the first German envoy Erich Schroetter .
On February 11, 1927 he was appointed envoy 2nd class in Luxembourg . This office he held until his age-related transfer to the retirement of the 1930th
Web links
- Josef Mertens in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Edition Files. Weimar Republic
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Troebst: The Macedonian Century. Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-486-58050-7 , ISBN 978-3-486-58050-1 , p. 96 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Mahmoud Kassim: The diplomatic relations of Germany to Egypt, 1919-1936. Lit, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-8258-5168-0 , p. 130 ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mertens, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1934 |
| Place of death | Berlin |