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Austro-Hungarian Ambassadors

* 1838–1841 Baron Wenzel de Mareschal * 1844–1850
August Belmont August Belmont Sr. (born August Schönberg; December 8, 1813November 24, 1890) was a German-American financier, diplomat, politician and party chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and also a horse-breeder and racehorse owner. He was ...
(as Consul-General) * 1841–1863 Johann von Hülsemann * 1863–1864 Nikolaus von Giorgi * 25.01.1865–11.08.1867 Ferdinand Freiherr von Wydenbruck (1816–1878) * 11.08.1867-03.07.1868 Karl von und zu Franckenstein * 03.07.1868–12.03.1874 Karl Freiherr von Lederer (1817–1890) * 12.03.1874–08.03.1875 Wilhelm Freiherr von Schwarz-Senborn (1813–1903) * 23.06.1875–28.08.1878 Ladislaus Graf von Hoyos-Sprinzenstein * 25.12.1878–30.10.1881 Ernst Freiherr von Mayr * 30.10.1881–09.10.1886 Ignaz Freiherr von Schäffer * 21.02.1887–11.10.1894 Ernst Ritter Schmit von Tavera (1839–1904) * 11.10.1894–07.01.1913
Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár Freiherr Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár ( hu, hengervári báró Hengelmüller László) (2 May 1845 – 22 April 1917), was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat of Hungarian origin who was a long-term Ambassador at Washington D.C., throughout m ...
(1845–1917) * 04.03.1913–04.11.1915 Dr.
Konstantin Dumba Konstantin Theodor (from 1917 to 1919, Graf von) Dumba (17 June 1856 – 6 January 1947), was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat serving as its last accredited Ambassador to the United States and famous for having been expelled during World War I fol ...
(1856–1947) * 09.11.1916–08.04.1917Count Tarnowski von Tarnów was named ambassador following Dumba's expulsion and arrived in 1916 to Washington D.C., but never presented his credentials to President Wilson. His name therefore does not appear in the U.S. records where the legation was led by Erich Freiherr Zwiedinek von Südenhorst as chargé d'affaires until the embassy was closed and diplomatic relations were broken off on 8 April 1917. However, United States did not formally declare war on Austria-Hungary until 7 December 1917. Adam Graf Tarnówski von Tarnów (1866–1946)


Ambassadors of the Austrian Republic

* Edgar L. G. Prochnik ** Title: Chargé d'affaires a.i. ** Presented credentials: 2 December 1921 ** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ** Presented credentials: 7 May 1925 ** Terminated mission:
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with Germany, 13 March 1938 * Ludwig Kleinwächter ** Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 26 November 1946 ** Presented credentials: 4 December 1946 ** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 6 December 1951 ** Presented credentials: 19 December 1951 *
Max Loewenthal Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 5 February 1952 ** Presented credentials: 13 February 1952 *
Karl Gruber Karl Gruber (3 May 1909 in Innsbruck – 1 February 1995 in Innsbruck) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. During World War II, he was working for a German firm in Berlin. After the war, in 1945 he became Landeshauptmann of Tyrol for a short ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 3 March 1954 ** Presented credentials: 10 March 1954 * Wilfried Platzer ** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 9 April 1958 ** Presented credentials: 18 April 1958 * Ernst Lemberger ** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 12 October 1965 ** Presented credentials: 16 November 1965 *
Karl Gruber Karl Gruber (3 May 1909 in Innsbruck – 1 February 1995 in Innsbruck) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. During World War II, he was working for a German firm in Berlin. After the war, in 1945 he became Landeshauptmann of Tyrol for a short ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 18 June 1969 ** Presented credentials: 1 July 1969 *
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** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 1 September 1972 ** Presented credentials: 7 September 1972 *
Karl Herbert Schober Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 2 March 1977 ** Presented credentials: 23 March 1977 *
Thomas Klestil Thomas Klestil (; 4 November 1932 – 6 July 2004) was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as President of Austria from 1992 to his death in 2004. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected into office in 1998. Biography until 1992 Born ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 8 January 1982 ** Presented credentials: 13 January 1982 *
Friedrich Hoess Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 30 November 1987 ** Presented credentials: 21 December 1987 *
Helmut Tuerk Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth. From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood"). Helmut may refer ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 4 February 1993 ** Presented credentials: 14 April 1993 *
Peter Moser Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 19 April 1999 ** Presented credentials: 19 April 1999 *
Eva Nowotny Eva Nowotny (born 17 February 1944 in Vienna) is chair of the Board of the University of Vienna. She has been Austrian ambassador to France (1992–1997), to the Court of St. James's (United Kingdom) (1997–1999), and to the United States. From 1 ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 22 October 2003 ** Presented credentials: 4 December 2003 *
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** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 26 May 2009 ** Presented credentials: 20 July 2009 *
Hans Peter Manz Hans Peter Manz (born October 7, 1955 in Canberra, Australia) is an Austrian diplomat. He is the son of Austrian diplomats and grew up in Vienna. Hans Peter Manz graduated from the Theresian Academy in Vienna and then studied law receiving a doctor ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 2 December 2011 ** Presented credentials: 18 January 2012 *
Wolfgang Waldner Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 14 January 2016 ** Presented credentials: 28 January 2016 *
Martin Weiss Martin Weiss may refer to: * Martin Weiss (diplomat) (born 1962), Austrian diplomat and Ambassador of Austria to the United States * Martin Weiss (Nazi official) (1903–1984), commander of Vilna Ghetto and the ''Ypatingasis būrys'' mass murder k ...
** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ** Appointed: 7 November 2019 ** Presented credentials: 6 January 2020


Notes and references


United States Department of State: Ambassadors of AustriaAustrian Embassy Washington, DC: Former Ambassadors


See also

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Austria–United States relations The U.S. Embassy in Austria is located in Vienna. Since 2022, the United States Ambassador to Austria is Victoria Reggie Kennedy. The Austrian Embassy in the U.S. is located in Washington, D.C. Since 2019, the Austrian Ambassador to the United ...
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United States Ambassador to Austria This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Austria. The United States first established diplomatic relations with Austria in 1838 during the time of the Austrian Empire. Relations between the United States have been continuous since t ...
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Foreign relations of Austria The 1955 Austrian State Treaty ended the four-power occupation and recognized Austria as an independent and sovereign state. In October 1955, the Federal Assembly passed a constitutional law in which "Austria declares of her own free will her p ...
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