- Lujo Tončić-Sorinj
Lujo Tončić-Sorinj (pronounced|lujɔ tɔntʃitɕ sɔriɲ) (b.
12 April 1915 inVienna ; d.20 May 2005 inSalzburg ) was anAustria ndiplomat and politician of theAustrian People's Party (ÖVP).Born in 1915, he was a member of an Austro-Hungarian noble family. His paternal grandfather had been governor of
Dalmatia , his fatherconsul inJeddah . Tončić-Sorinj studiedlaw and, duringWorld War II taught languages in an air intelligence unit of theWehrmacht .In 1945, Tončić-Sorinj became chairman of the political department of the Austrian Institute for the Economy and Politics in
Salzburg , and he joined the newly created ÖVP. Later he was member of the AustrianUNESCO commission and of the Austrian delegation to the advisory convention of theCouncil of Europe . From 1949 to 1966, he was member of theNational Council of Austria for the ÖVP, from 1966 to 1968 he was foreign minister in theJosef Klaus government. From 1969 to 1974, he wassecretary general of theCouncil of Europe .In 1992 he decided to take the
Croatia ncitizenship because of his family connections to Dalmatia, but as a result he lost the Austrian one. With help from his political party, he became an Austrian citizen again.
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