Oskar Potiorek | |
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![]() Oskar Potiorek in 1908 | |
8th Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
In office 10 May 1911 – 22 December 1914 | |
Appointed by | Franz Joseph I of Austria |
Preceded by | Marijan Varešanin |
Succeeded by | Stjepan Sarkotić |
Personal details | |
Born | Bad Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austrian Empire | 20 November 1853
Died | 17 December 1933 Klagenfurt, Republic of Austria | (aged 80)
Alma mater | Kriegsschule Academy, Vienna |
Profession | Soldier |
Awards | Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Order of Leopold |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1867–1915 |
Rank | General of the Artillery |
Battles/wars | World War I |
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. He was removed from command, retiring from the army shortly afterward.
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