1. Oskar Potiorek was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, who served as Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1911 to 1914.
19 Facts About Oskar Potiorek
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Oskar Potiorek 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.
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In World War I, Oskar Potiorek commanded the Austro-Hungarian forces in the failed Serbian campaign of 1914.
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Oskar Potiorek was removed from command, retiring from the army shortly afterward.
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The Potiorek family had Czech origin, the family moved from Bohemia to Carinthia before the birth of Oskar.
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Oskar Potiorek was born in Bad Bleiberg on 20 November, 1853.
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Oskar Potiorek entered military service in the 2nd technical regiment with the rank of lieutenant, where he was promoted to first lieutenant on May 1,1873.
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Oskar Potiorek attended the Imperial and Royal Military Institute of Technology and the Kriegsschule academy in Vienna.
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Oskar Potiorek was promoted to Captain on 1 May 1879 and in 1883 he served with the 17th Infantry Regiment.
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Oskar Potiorek was appointed deputy chief by Emperor Franz Joseph in 1902.
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Oskar Potiorek became commanding general at Graz, Styria, in the rank of a Feldzeugmeister.
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Oskar Potiorek kept command of III Corps until April 1910, when he handed it over to Lieutenant General Karl Schikofsky.
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Oskar Potiorek did his utmost to replace Conrad, his long-time rival.
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In 1913 Oskar Potiorek invited Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, to watch his troops on maneuvers scheduled for 26 and 27 June 1914.
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Oskar Potiorek was waiting to take the royal party to the city hall for the official reception.
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Oskar Potiorek reestablished an auxiliary militia, the Schutzkorps, to implement the policy of anti-Serb repression.
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Oskar Potiorek was reportedly very zealous in his actions, but was apparently an inept commander.
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Oskar Potiorek retired to Carinthian Klagenfurt, where he died in 1933.
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Oskar Potiorek is buried in the cemetery of the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt.