Heinrich Lammasch

Austrian statesman
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Quick Facts
Born:
May 21, 1853, Seitenstetten, Austria
Died:
Jan. 6, 1920, Salzburg (aged 66)
Title / Office:
prime minister (1918-1918), Austria

Heinrich Lammasch (born May 21, 1853, Seitenstetten, Austria—died Jan. 6, 1920, Salzburg) was a jurist who served briefly as Austrian prime minister during the last weeks of the Habsburg Empire. As professor of criminal and international law at the University of Vienna, Lammasch achieved an international legal reputation for his work on extradition law and rights of asylum. He was international law adviser for the Austro-Hungarian delegation at the first (1899) and second (1907) Hague peace conferences, and he held membership in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, presiding over its deliberations twice in 1910. During the last years ...(100 of 176 words)