Nicolae Enric Lahovary

Nicolae Enric Lahovary (* 1889 , † 1972 ) was a Romanian diplomat .

Career

Lahovary studied law and philosophy at the University of Paris . In 1910 he entered the foreign service and was attached to the embassy in London . In 1913 he was appointed Secretary of the Third Class. In 1918 he was appointed Secretary of the Second Class. In 1920 he was appointed Secretary of the First Class. In 1925 he was appointed Legation Councilor. In 1936 he was appointed Ministre plénipotentiaire, second class. In 1941 he was appointed first class ministre plénipotentiaire. He was employed in Brussels , London, Berlin , Rome , Washington, DC , in Geneva with the League of Nations , in Budapest , Vienna , Tirana , Bratislava and Bern . He was interim director of the Cabinet and Cipher Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From March 16, 1918 to February 2, 1921 he was Chargé d'affaires in Washington, DC. On January 5, 1931, he was suspended from his office and on January 10, 1931, he was discharged from the Foreign Service. On August 5, 1932, he was returned to the foreign service. In 1939 he headed the Department of Administration and Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From September 1, 1936 to March 1, 1939 he was Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Tirana.

From March 1, 1940 to March 1, 1941 he was Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Bratislava. During this time, the Second Vienna Arbitration Award fell, for which he traveled to Vienna.

From March 1, 1941 to September 1, 1943 he was envoy extraordinary and authorized representative in Bern. In this function he was instructed by Foreign Minister Mihai Antonescu to work with the papal nuncio to explore the possibilities for Romania to withdraw from the Second World War . The order was read by the Abwehr (intelligence service) and Hitler succeeded in replacing the two with Ion Antonescu , which thwarted this attempt. After his recall, he settled in Switzerland, where he was an active member of the Romanian exile.

After 1945 he was assigned a lively activity as an anthropologist , which suggests that he initially found exile in Spain . His publications include a work entitled "Dravidian Origins and the West".

predecessor	Office	successor
Constantin Angelescu	Romanian Chargé d'Affaires in Washington, DC March 16, 1918 to February 2, 1921	Antoine Bibesco
	Romanian Ambassador in Tirana September 1, 1936 to March 1, 1939	Mircea perpelea
Constantin (Dinu) Hiott	Romanian ambassador in Bratislava March 1, 1940 to March 1, 1941	Steluta Arhire
	Romanian Ambassador in Bern March 1, 1941 to September 1, 1943	Vespasian Pella

Individual evidence

^ Recollections of a Romanian Diplomat, 1918-1969: Diaries and Memoirs of Raoul V. Bossy, p. 364
↑ George G. Potra, Traian Vuia, un pionier al aviatiei mondiale, [1]
↑ 44 Pella was appointed Minister to Berne to replace Nicolae Lahovary, an ambassador who, according to the Swiss ambassador in Romania, had received instructions from Mihaï Antonescu (Minister of Foreign Affairs, no relation to Marshal Antonescu) to open diplomatic talks with the papal nuncius to extract Romania from the war, German intelligence had intercepted telegrams between Lahovary and Mihai Ajntonescu, who had agreed to discuss peace negociations witht the Pope. Hitler then pressured Marshal Antonescu to get red of Lahorvary and Antonescu. P. 193
↑ Lahovary, Nicolas. 1963. Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Cultures and Languages, Bombay: Orient Longmans. See: Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, The Dravidian Languages, p. 515 [2] [3]

personal data
SURNAME	Lahovary, Nicolae Enric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lahovary, Nicolae Henric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	1889
DATE OF DEATH	1972

[1] Recollections of a Romanian Diplomat, 1918-1969: Diaries and Memoirs of Raoul V. Bossy, p. 364

[2] George G. Potra, Traian Vuia, un pionier al aviatiei mondiale, [1]

[3] 44 Pella was appointed Minister to Berne to replace Nicolae Lahovary, an ambassador who, according to the Swiss ambassador in Romania, had received instructions from Mihaï Antonescu (Minister of Foreign Affairs, no relation to Marshal Antonescu) to open diplomatic talks with the papal nuncius to extract Romania from the war, German intelligence had intercepted telegrams between Lahovary and Mihai Ajntonescu, who had agreed to discuss peace negociations witht the Pope. Hitler then pressured Marshal Antonescu to get red of Lahorvary and Antonescu. P. 193

[4] Lahovary, Nicolas. 1963. Dravidian Origins and the West: Newly Discovered Ties with the Ancient Cultures and Languages, Bombay: Orient Longmans. See: Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, The Dravidian Languages, p. 515 [2] [3]