Baron Ladislaus Müller von Szentgyörgy

Ladislaus Freiherr Müller von Szentgyörgy
Ladislaus Freiherr Müller von Szentgyörgy
Austro-Hungarian Minister to Bulgaria
	In office; 14 February 1900 – 11 March 1904
Preceded by	Guido Freiherr von Call zu Rosenburg und Kulmbach
Succeeded by	Karl Freiherr von Braun
Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Japan
	In office; 30 March 1912 – 25 August 1914
Preceded by	Guido Freiherr von Call zu Rosenburg und Kulmbach
Succeeded by	None
Personal details
Born	18 October 1855; Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)

Ladislaus Freiherr Müller von Szentgyörgy (Template:Lang-hu) (18 October 1855 – ?) was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat of Hungarian origin serving as Ambassador at Tokyo at the outbreak of World War I.

Life

Born on 18 October 1855 as son of a Budapest apothecary, he entered the Austro-Hungarian foreign service in 1884 through its consular service, which was a distinct branch separate from the diplomatic corps and the staff at the Foreign Ministry in Vienna.^[1] Raised to the nobility in 1896, he subsequently served as consul general (with the rank of minister) at Sofia from 1900 to 1904.

In March 1904, von Müller was appointed as Second Section Chief (equivalent to head of the Political Section) in the Imperial Foreign Ministry in Vienna succeeding Kajetan von Mérey who had been promoted to First Section Chief (equivalent to an Undersecretary). In January 1909, it was von Müller's own turn to be promoted to First Section Chief. Elevated to the rank of a Baron in 1910, he was one of the few products of the 19th century nobility in the Austro-Hungarian diplomatic corps.^[2]

On 30 March 1912, Baron von Müller was appointed as Ambassador to Japan but returned to Vienna following the Japanese declaration of war against Austria-Hungary on 25 August 1914. On 4 January 1917, as part of a larger shake-up of personnel at the Ballhausplatz, he was appointed to serve a second term as First Section Chief but was replaced already in June by Baron von Flotow.

Notes

Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

References

^ William D. Godsey, Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War, West Lafayette, Purdue University Press, 1999, p. 79.
^ Godsey, op. cit., p. 20.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Guido Freiherr von Call zu Rosenburg und Kulmbach	Austro-Hungarian Minister to Bulgaria 1900–1904	Succeeded by Karl Freiherr von Braun
Preceded by Kajetan Mérey von Kapos-Mére	Second Section Chief in the Imperial Foreign Ministry 1904–1909	Succeeded by MKarl Freiherr von Macchio
Preceded by Guido Freiherr von Call zu Rosenburg und Kulmbach	First Section Chief in the Imperial Foreign Ministry 1909–1912	Succeeded by Karl Freiherr von Macchio
Preceded by Guido Freiherr von Call zu Rosenburg und Kulmbach	Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Japan 1912–1914	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Karl Freiherr von Macchio	First Section Chief in the Imperial Foreign Ministry 1917–1918	Succeeded by Ludwig Freiherr von Flotow

[1] William D. Godsey, Aristocratic Redoubt: The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War, West Lafayette, Purdue University Press, 1999, p. 79.

[2] Godsey, op. cit., p. 20.

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