Hans von Rosenberg


Frederic-Hans von Rosenberg was a German diplomat and politician. He served as Reichsaußenminister in the cabinet of Wilhelm Cuno in 1922–1923.

Early life

Rosenberg was born as Frederic Hans von Rosenberg on 26 December 1874 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia.

Career

In 1897, Rosenberg was awarded the degree of Dr.Jur. and entered the Prussian judicial service, in which he was promoted to Assessor in 1903. That year he transferred to the foreign service. In 1910, Rosenberg became the head of the Balkans department at the AA, and in 1912 was promoted to Vortragender Rat.
During the First World War, he was a member of the German delegation negotiating with the Soviet Union at Brest-Litowsk and with Romania at Bucharest. In 1918–1919, he was at the German Embassy to Switzerland at Bern. In 1919, Rosenberg became Dirigent—head of the political department of the AA. In 1920–22, he was Ambassador at Vienna, and in 1922 briefly at Copenhagen.
He was Foreign Minister of Germany from November 1922 to August 1923 in the cabinet of chancellor Wilhelm Cuno.
From 1924 to 1933, he was Ambassador at Stockholm and then served from 1933 to 1935 as ambassador in Ankara. In 1935, he was given an indefinite leave.

Personal life

Rosenberg died on 30 July 1937 at Fürstenzell, in Bavaria, Germany.