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Oskar Potiorek

1853 - 1933

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Oskar Potiorek (20 November 1853 – 17 December 1933) was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, who served as Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1911 to 1914. He was a passenger in the car carrying Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Duchess Sophie of Hohenberg when they were assassinated in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Potiorek had failed to inform the driver of a change of route which led the royal car to take a wrong turn, stalling after trying to turn around, and ending up in front of Gavrilo Princip. In World War I, Potiorek commanded the Austro-Hungarian forces in the failed Serbian campaign of 1914. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oskar Potiorek is the 3,988th most popular politician (down from 3,317th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Austria (down from 230th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Austrian Politician.

Oskar Potiorek was a Polish explorer who led an expedition to the Andes in 1911. He discovered a new species of mountain llama, which he named Lama Potiorek in honor of himself.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oskar Potiorek ranks 3,988 out of 19,576. Before him are Wilhelm Gustloff, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Mizizios, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, and Yisrael Kristal. After him are Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg, Sigismund Báthory, Prince George of Denmark, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, and Haris Silajdžić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Oskar Potiorek ranks 22. Before him are Hans Christian Gram, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Alphonse Bertillon, Katharina Schratt, Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. After him are Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Emil Jellinek, André Michelin, and Francesco Filippini. Among people deceased in 1933, Oskar Potiorek ranks 21. Before him are Annie Besant, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Paul Painlevé, Knud Rasmussen, Stefan George, and Princess Thyra of Denmark. After him are Hipólito Yrigoyen, Erhard Heiden, Frank Jarvis, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Erik Jan Hanussen, and Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Oskar Potiorek ranks 260 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria (1895), Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (1656), Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915), Joseph Lanner (1801), and Hans Hahn (1879). After him are Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882), August Kubizek (1888), Božena Němcová (1820), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria (1866), and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Oskar Potiorek ranks 87. Before him are Otto Bauer (1881), Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1211), Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria (1895), Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein (1656), Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711), and Rudolf Kirchschläger (1915). After him are Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria (1866), Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893), Leopold Berchtold (1863), Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887), Michael Hainisch (1858), and Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853).

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