Konstantin Dumba
| Konstantin Graf von Dumba | |
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| Austro-Hungarian Minister to Serbia | |
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In office 7 January 1903 – 27 June 1905 |
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| Preceded by | Karl Freiherr Heidler von Egeregg und Syrgenstein |
| Succeeded by | Moritz Freiherr Czikann von Wahlborn |
| Austro-Hungarian Minister to Sweden | |
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In office 21 March 1909 – 16 October 1912 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Freiherr Eperjesy von Szászváros und Tóti |
| Succeeded by | Maximilian Graf Hadik von Futak |
| Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the United States | |
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In office 4 March 1913 – 4 November 1915 |
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| Preceded by | Ladislaus Freiherr Hengelmüller von Hengervár |
| Succeeded by | Adam Graf Tarnowski von Tarnów |
| Personal details | |
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17 June 1856 Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) |
| Died | 6 January 1947 (aged 90) Bodensdorf am Ochiacher See, Austria |
Konstantin (Theodor) (from 1917, 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 following accusations of espionage.
Born in Vienna on 17 June 1856 as the son of Nikolaus Dumba (1830-1900), a wealthy Greek-Austrian entrepreneur. The Dumbas, originally from the Vlach village Vlasti, in the Ottoman province of Rumelia, had emigrated and settled in Vienna in 1817. After completing his legal studies and obtaining a doctorate in law, he joined the Austro-Hungarian foreign service in 1879. He subsequently served at the Austro-Hungarian Embassy at London from 1881 to 1886 and then at St. Petersburg, Rome, Bucharest and Paris.
From 1903 to 1905, Dr. Dumba served as Minister at Belgrade. Then followed four years of service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vienna, whereupon he was appointed Minister at in 1909 where he stayed until 1912. He was known for being Austria-Hungary's only bourgeois ambassador at the time although he was from a very wealthy family.
On 4 March 1913, Dr. Dumba was appointed as the successor of Baron Hengelmüller von Hengervár, the long time ambassador to Washington D.C. and dean of the diplomatic corps. He presented his letter of credentials to President Wilson on 24 April 1913. Although the first months in office were calm, the outbreak of World War I would quickly put him in the spotlight.
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