Edmund Glaise-Horstenau
Edmund Glaise-Horstenau | |
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Glaise-Horstenau portrait by Max Fenichel, c. 1938 | |
| Plenipotentiary General to Croatia | |
| In office April 1941 – 25 September 1944 | |
| Vice-Chancellor of Austria | |
| In office 11 March 1938 – 13 March 1938 | |
| Chancellor | Arthur Seyß-Inquart |
| Preceded by | Ludwig Hülgerth |
| Succeeded by | Adolf Schärf (1945) |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 6 November 1936 – 16 February 1938 | |
| Chancellor | Kurt Schuschnigg |
| Preceded by | Eduard Baar-Baarenfels |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Seyß-Inquart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmund Glaise von Horstenau 27 February 1882 Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 20 July 1946 (aged 64) Nuremberg, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Profession | Military officer |
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| Allegiance | |
| Branch/service | |
| Years of service | 1914-18
1934-1938 1938-1945 |
| Rank | General der Infanterie |
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Edmund Hugo Guilelmus Glaise von Horstenau (also known as Edmund Glaise-Horstenau; 27 February 1882 – 20 July 1946) was an Austrian Nazi politician who became the last vice-chancellor of Austria, appointed by Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg under pressure from Adolf Hitler, shortly before the 1938 Anschluss.
During the Second World War, Glaise-Horstenau became a General der Infanterie in the German Wehrmacht and served as Plenipotentiary General to the Independent State of Croatia. Dismayed by the atrocities committed by the Ustaše, he was involved in the Lorković-Vokić plot, with the purpose of overthrowing Ante Pavelić's regime and replacing it with a pro-Allied government. Removed from his post in September 1944, he was captured at the end of the war and committed suicide while in custody.