Josef Schöner
Josef Andreas Carl Schöner (born February 18, 1904 in Vienna ; † March 9, 1978 ibid) was an Austrian diplomat of the first and second republic, most recently with the rank of ambassador .
Life
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Josef Schöner was the son of Caroline Leopoldine Schöner and Andreas Carl Schöner. He studied law and had his judicial practice from 1932 to 1933. In 1933 he joined the foreign service. In 1934 he was employed at the Embassy in Washington, DC and the Consulate General in New York City . From 1934 to 1938 he was employed in the Foreign Affairs Department of the Federal Chancellery . After the annexation of Austria , he was given early retirement in 1939 by the Nazi regime .
After the war, he returned to the foreign service as a legation councilor. From 1947 to 1948 he was employed at the Legation in London and from 1948 to 1950 in Washington, DC. From 1950 to 1953 he headed the liaison office between the Austrian government and the government in Bonn .
In 1952 he was promoted to envoy. In 1953 he became head of the political department for foreign affairs in the Federal Chancellery. From 1955 to 1958 he was Secretary General for Foreign Affairs with the rank of Ambassador. Josef Schöner was involved in the Austrian delegation for the negotiations on the Austrian State Treaty . He was appointed ambassador to Bonn on April 1, 1958 , where he was accredited from April 18, 1958 to January 31, 1966. From February 25, 1966 to March 31, 1970 he was Ambassador to the Court of St. James in London.
Honors
- 1953: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1958: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1960: Bavarian Order of Merit
literature
- Josef Schöner: Vienna Diary 1944/1945 . Edited by Eva-Marie Csáky, Franz Matscher & Gerald Stourzh . Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1992, ISBN 3-205-05531-4 . [contains a picture of Schöner's life by Franz Matscher on pp. 9–14, see also Google Books ]
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| - (until 1938: Stephan Tauschitz ) |
Austrian envoy to Germany 1950–1953 |
Heinrich Schmid |
| Adrian Rotter |
Austrian ambassador to Germany 1958–1966 |
Karl Gruber |
| Johannes Schwarzenberg |
Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1966–1970 |
Wilfried Platzer |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Handsome, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schöne, Josef A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1978 |
| Place of death | Vienna |