Baron Karl von Macchio
| Karl Freiherr von Macchio | |
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| Austro-Hungarian Minister to Montenegro | |
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In office 3 February 1899 – 6 November 1903 |
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| Preceded by | Eugen Ritter von Kuczyński |
| Succeeded by | Otto Freiherr Kuhn von Kuhnenfeldtytngnrnhgnuhv |
| Austro-Hungarian Minister to Greece | |
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In office 6 November 1903 – 18 November 1908 |
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| Preceded by | Stephan Freiherr Burián von Rajecz |
| Succeeded by | Karl Freiherr von Braun |
| Second Section Chief in the Imperial Foreign Ministry | |
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In office 10 January 1909 – 30 March 1912 |
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| Preceded by | Ladislaus Müller von Szentgyörgy |
| Succeeded by | Friedrich Graf Szapáry von Muraszombath, Széchysziget und Szapár |
| First Section Chief in the Imperial Foreign Ministry | |
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In office 30 March 1912 – 4 January 1917 |
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| Preceded by | Baron Ladislaus Müller von Szentgyörgy |
| Succeeded by | Baron Ladislaus Müller von Szentgyörgy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 February 1859 Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) |
| Died | 1 April 1945 (aged 86) Vienna, Austria |
Karl Freiherr von Macchio (23 February 1859 – 1 April 1945), was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat active before and during World War I.
Born in Hermannstadt (now Sibiu) on 23 February 1859 into a noble family originating from Lombardy. After studies in law, he joined the Austro-Hungarian foreign service in 1881 and served in Constantinople, Bucharest, St. Petersburg and Belgrade.
In 1899, he was appointed to serve as minister at Cetinje and then from 1903 in Athens succeeding Baron Burián von Rajecz, the future Foreign Minister. In 1907, he was a member of the Austro-Hungarian delegation to the Second Hague Peace Conference. In 1908, he was appointed a Privy Councillor (Geheimer Rat).
In January 1909, Baron von Macchio was appointed by Count Lexa von Aehrenthal, who considered him an "expert in Balkan questions", to serve as Second Section Chief (equivalent to a Head of Political Section) at the Ballhausplatz. He succeeded Baron Müller von Szentgyörgy who had been promoted to First Section Chief (equivalent to an Undersecretary) and would in March 1912 succeed him also in that position. During the July Crisis in 1914, he was therefore one of the closest collaborators of Foreign Minister Count von Berchtold but played a much more marginal role than the chef de cabinet Count von Hoyos and the Second Section Chief Count von Forgách
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