Alexander Constantin Fotitch

Background

Fotitch, Alexander Constantin was born on February 4, 1891 in Sabac (Schabatz), Jugoslavia. Son of Alexander and Pola Fotitch.

Education

Graduated from the University Law, Bordeaux, France, 1912.

Career

Began as soldier, 1912. Began diplomatic service, 1915, as attache Ministry Foreign Affairs. With legation in Berne, 1917, Paris, 1918.

Secretary legation, Stockholm, 1919, Vienna, 1920.

With delegations to Peace Conference, Paris. Secretary legation, London, 1921-1924.

General consul, Vienna, 1924, Constantinople, 1924-1926. Counsellor legation, Rome, 1926.

Delegate to 3d session Political Economics Common for Conference for Disarmament, Geneva, 1926.

Expert to 7th Congress of League of Nations, Geneva, 1926. Delegate League of Nations each year, 1927-1931, also vice president 5th commission, 1928, president advisory opium commission, 1929 and delegate to council, to assembly and to special session at Madrid, 1930. Counsellor legation, Prague, 1927.

Delegate Plenary Common for Disarmament, Geneva, 1927, 10th and 11th International Labor Conferences, Geneva, 1927-1928.

President delegation to International Conference for Economics Statistics, Geneva, 1928. Director political division Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1929.

Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Moscow, 1929. Delegate 2d Hague Conference, 1930.

Delegate Conference for Regulation Hungarian War Reparations, Paris, 1930.

Member royal delegation to Conference Foreign Ministers of Little Entente, 1930. Under secretary Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1930. Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States from Jugoslavia, 1935-1942.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary October 5, 1942-July 14, 1944.

Achievements

• Alexander Constantin Fotitch has been listed as a noteworthy diplomat by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The War We Lost, 1948.

Membership

Served as captain in Balkan War, 1912-1913, in army of Jugoslavia throughout World War I.

Connections

Married Tatiana Zurunich, October 23, 1922.

Father:

Alexander Fotitch

Mother:

Pola Fotitch

Spouse:

Tatiana Zurunich