| LC control no. | n 87877291 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gruber, Karl, 1909-1995 |
| Birth date | 19090503 |
| Death date | 19950201 |
| Place of birth | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Place of death | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Profession or occupation | Foreign ministers Politicians Diplomats Ambassadors |
| Found in | Steininger, R. Los von Rom?: p. 8 (Karl Gruber) p. 390, etc. (b. 1909 in Innsbruck; Dr. jur; diplomat) LC data base, 3-13-88 (hdg.: Gruber, Karl, 1909- ) History and the Headlines, via WWW, August 21, 2013 (Gruber, Karl (1909-1995); Austrian foreign minister (1945-1953); born in Innsbruck on 3 May 1909, Karl Gruber received a degree in electrical engineering from Innsbruck University and then studied political science and law there; after the German takeover in 1938, he did research on high-frequency radio in Berlin; late in World War II, he led the anti-Nazi Tyrolean Resistance Movement; during the Allied occupation, Gruber served as the first postwar governor of North Tyrol and was a founder of the Austrian People's Party; he served as foreign minister (1945-1953) under Karl Renner, Leopold Figl, and Julius Raab; Gruber is credited with making positive contributions to the Second Republic's foreign policy; he died in Innsbruck on 1 February 1995) Wikipedia, August 21, 2013 (Karl Gruber; May 3, 1909- February 1, 1995; Austrian politician and diplomat; during World War II, he worked for a German firm in Berlin; after the war, in 1945 he became Landeshauptmann of Tyrol for a short time; he then became Foreign Minister of Austria until 1953; Gruber served as Austrian ambassador to the United States from 1954 to 1957 and from 1969 to 1972, as ambassador to Spain from 1961 to 1966, as ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1966, and as ambassador to Switzerland from 1972 to 1974) |
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