Otto Günther (diplomat)

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Otto Günther (born September 30, 1884 in Trebinje ; † March 25, 1970 in Vienna ) was an Austrian diplomat .

Life

Otto Günther was a Roman Catholic and headed the Austrian representation authority in Munich from January 2, 1923 to 1929 . On December 22, 1920 he was appointed consul general, second class. In 1926 he was promoted to first class councilor. On January 16, 1930 he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Ministre plénipotentiaire in Athens , where he was accredited from February 25, 1930 to May 29, 1933. From January 22, 1931 he was consecutively accredited in Tirana and from January 31, 1933 consecutively with Fu'ad I in Cairo .

From 1933 to 1938 he was envoy to Paris and consecutive to the government of the second Spanish republic . From 1945 to 1949 he was chief of protocol in the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs . From January 13, 1948 to 1950, he was ambassador to Buenos Aires .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Weigl: The Bavarian image of Austria's representatives in Munich 1918–1938: diplomatic and consular reporting against the background of Bavarian-Austrian relations, Lang, 2005 - 462 p. 185
  2. ↑ Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Mitteilungen des Österreichisches Staatsarchiv , Volume 51, print and publisher of the Austrian State Archives, 2004 p. 357
  3. ↑ Josef Schöner, Eva-Marie Csáky, Franz Matscher : Wiener Tagebuch , 1992 - 491 pp, p. 474
  4. ↑ Edith Blaschitz: Nazi refugees of Austrian origin: The way to Argentina (PDF file; 455 kB), p. 11
predecessor Office successor
Johann Douglas Graf Thurn and Valsássina-Como-Vercelli Austrian envoy in Munich
January 2, 1923 to 1929
Julius Szilassy by Szilas and Pilis (1870–1935) Austrian envoy in Athens
February 25, 1930 to May 29, 1933 		Wilhelm Engerth
August Kral Austrian envoy in Tirana
January 16, 1930 to May 29, 1933 		Anton Rintelen
August Kral Austrian envoy in Cairo
January 31, 1933 to May 29, 1933 		Wilhelm Engerth
Erich Bielka
Heinrich Schmid Austrian envoy in Paris
May 29, 1933 to March 1938 		Heinrich Schmid
Alfred Grünberger Austrian envoy in Madrid
May 29, 1933 to March 1938 		Clemens Wildner
Alfons Knaffl-Lenz Austrian envoy in Buenos Aires
January 13, 1948 to 1950 		Stephan Tauschitz
personal data
SURNAME Günther, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knaffl-Lenz, Alphons
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Trebinje
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1970
Place of death Vienna