The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Mexico is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in Mexico. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the President and the Federal government of Mexico. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Mexico City.
History
The governments of Antonio López de Santa Anna and Emperor Ferdinand I recognized each other in 1842. On 10 April 1864, Archduke Maximilian, the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, accepted the imperial crown offered to him by Mexico. Franz Joseph I sent Guido von Thun und Hohenstein to Maximilian I and, thus, recognized his government. Maximilian's government was subsequently overthrown, and Maximilian himself was sentenced to death by court martial and executed in 1867. There were no diplomatic relations for more than 30 years.
Following an agreement between Austria-Hungary and Mexico on 23 March 1901, diplomatic relations were resumed.
During the Federal State dictatorship under Kurt Schuschnigg, there was only an embassy without an ambassador; with the "Anschluss" by Nazi Germany on 13 March 1938, the representation became obsolete. Mexico was then the only state in the world to officially condemn the annexation of Austria before the League of Nations; in 1956, Vienna named its Mexikoplatz in gratitude for this.
After the war, diplomatic relations were restored and the embassy was reoccupied in 1949. From the 1950s onwards, the ambassador to Mexico was also accredited to Cuba and the Central American republics (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama).
Austrian Embassy, Mexico The Austrian Embassy is now located at Sierra Tarahumara 420, colonia Lomas de Chapultepec district. The embassy also houses the Mexican Cultural Forum.
In addition to the embassy, there are four consular representations (honorary consulates) of Austria in Mexico: Cancún, Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Tijuana. The consulate in Mérida is temporarily closed (as of January 2020).
List of Austrian envoys and ambassadors Appointment/Accreditation Name Comments Appointed by Accredited by the government Left post 3 September 1864 Guido von Thun und Hohenstein 1868–1869 Ambassador to Prussia1823; † 1904, from 3 July 1868 to 13 December 1869 Imperial and Royal Ambassador to Prussia. Franz Joseph I (Austrian Empire) Maximilian I 1866 1 January 1867 Eduard von LagoEduard von Lago (1823) Chargé d'AffairesThe envoy Guido Thun-Hohenstein was on leave due to illness. Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) Maximilian I 18 June 1867 18 June 1901 Gilbert von Hohenwart zu Gerlachstein1854 Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) Porfirio Díaz 10 September 1905 23 October 1906 Karl von Giskra 1906 / 1907 also ambassador to Chile; 1909 ambassador to Bulgaria Nach Ludwig Flotow: November 1918 auf dem Ballhausplatz, S. 67 (). Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) Porfirio Díaz 21 March 1909 21 March 1909 Maximilian Hadik von Futak Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) Francisco León de la Barra 30 June 1911 30 June 1911 Franz Riedl von Riedenau Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) Victoriano Huerta 1 October 1913 15 October 1913 Koloman von Kánya Official residence was 2a Calle de Orizaba 42; 1925–1933 Hungarian ambassador in Berlin, from 1933 Hungarian Foreign MinisterKánya blieb bis Juli 1919 in Mexiko, 27. Oktober 1925 bis 1933: ungarischer Gesandter in Berlin; 4. Feber 1933. – 28. November 1938. ungarischer Außenminister; nach Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts: World War I: encyclopedia, Band 1, S. 626 (). Franz Joseph I Victoriano Huerta 11 November 1918 13 May 1930 Edgar Leo Gustav Prochnik Chargé d'Affaires, simultaneously accredited to the United StatesEdgar LG Prochnik: “ Acting Consul of Austria-Hungary ”, in Pittsburgh; August 1920 ambassador to Sweden; from May 7, 1925 to 1938: ambassador to the USA. According to Peter Eppel: Austrians in Exile: USA, 1938–1945. Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, Austrian Federal Publishing House, Vienna 1995, p.n.a (); Gretch and the Girls: 1924. Illustration by Gretchen Prochnik, National Photo Company Collection glass negative, shorpy.com. Business of a Bicentennial. In: Time Magazine, February 15, 1932 (time.com). Wilhelm Miklas Pascual Ortiz Rubio 13 March 1938 ("Anschluss" by Nazi Germany) 1949 Wolfgang Höller from 1951 onwards at the Trade Mission to MexicoWolfgang Höller: On November 1, 1951 the Federal Economic Chamber opened its 24th trade mission in Mexico City. In the spring of 1958 Dr. Rudolf Baumann, charge d'affaires in Mexico City since 1955, was appointed Austrian minister", according to Lit. Agstner: XI. From Legation to Embassy – Austria in Mexico since 1949, p. 300 [ff] Karl Renner Miguel Alemán Valdés 1955 1955 Rudolf Baumann Theodor Körner Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 1961 7 June 1961 Erich Filz Adolf Schärf Adolfo López Mateos 11 February 1966 15 February 1966 Hans Thalberg Franz Jonas Gustavo Díaz Ordaz 8 November 1971 2 October 1972 Eugen Buresch Franz Jonas Luis Echeverría Álvarez 27 August 1977 1977 Alfred Missong jun. Rudolf Kirchschläger 1982 26 February 1982 Heimo Kellner Rudolf Kirchschläger Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado 1987 1988 Klaus Daublebsky Kurt Waldheim 1994 1994 Kurt Hengl Thomas Klestil 1997 1997 Helga Winkler-Campagna Thomas Klestil 2000 2001 Rudolf Lennkh Thomas Klestil Vicente Fox Quesada 2005 2005 Johannes Druml9 May 1951. Heinz Fischer 2009 2009 Alfred Längle Heinz Fischer Felipe Calderón Hinojosa 2014 14 February 2014 Eva Hager Heinz Fischer Enrique Peña Nieto 2017 November 2017 Franz Josef Kuglitsch Alexander Van der Bellen Enrique Peña Nieto 2021 February 2021 Elisabeth Kehrer Alexander Van der Bellen Andrés Manuel López Obrador
See also Foreign relations of Austria Foreign relations of Mexico
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Sources
External links Official website of the Austrian Embassy, Mexico City