Stephan Burián von Rajecz

Stephan Burián
von Rajecz
Austro-Hungarian
Consul General to Bulgaria
In office
4 May 1887  5 November 1895
Preceded byRüdiger Freiherr von Biegeleben
Succeeded byGuido Freiherr von Call zu Rosenburg und Kulmbach
Austro-Hungarian
Minister to Württemberg
In office
24 June 1896  16 February 1897
Preceded byTheodor Graf Zichy zu Zich und von Vásonykeö
Succeeded bySiegfried Graf von Clary und Aldringen
Austro-Hungarian
Minister to Greece
In office
16 February 1897  24 July 1903
Preceded byGustav Freiherr von Kosjek
Succeeded byKarl Freiherr von Macchio
Joint Finance Minister
of Austria-Hungary
In office
24 July 1903  20 February 1912
Preceded byAgenor Graf Gołuchowski von Gołuchowo
Succeeded byLeon Ritter von Biliński
Minister besides the King of Hungary
In office
10 June 1913  13 January 1915
Preceded byLászló Lukács de Erzsébetváros
Succeeded byCount István Tisza de Borosjenő et Szeged
Joint Foreign Minister
of Austria-Hungary
In office
13 January 1915  22 December 1916
Preceded byLeopold Graf Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz
Succeeded byOttokar Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
Joint Finance Minister
of Austria-Hungary
In office
22 December 1916  7 September 1918
Preceded byKonrad Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Succeeded byAlexander Freiherr von und zu Spitzmüller-Harmersbach
Joint Foreign Minister
of Austria-Hungary
In office
16 April 1918  24 October 1918
Preceded byOttokar Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz
Succeeded byJulius Graf Andrássy von Csíkszentkirály und Krasznahorka
Personal details
Born(1851-01-16)16 January 1851
Stomfa, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Stupava Slovakia)
Died20 October 1922(1922-10-20) (aged 71)
Vienna, Austria
Spouse(s)Olga, née Freiin Fejérváry von Komlós-Keresztes (1861–1931)

Count Stephan Burián von Rajecz (Hungarian: rajeczi gróf Burián István; 16 January 1851 – 20 October 1922), commonly called: "Baron von Burian" or, later, "Count Burian" in English language press reports; (titles from 1900, Freiherr; from 1918, Graf) was an Austro-Hungarian politician, diplomat and statesman of Hungarian origin and served as Imperial Foreign Minister during World War I.