Die Annexion von Bosnien-Herzegowina und István Burián || Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and István Burián
The Habsburg Empire was approved of temporary occupy Bosnia-Herzegovina on the Berliner Conference. Accordingly to the Article 25 of the Berliner Treaty and the agreement between Vienna and Istanbul on April 1879, Bosnia-Herzegovina was still under sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire. The Habsburgs...
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Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Prague Papers on the History of International Relations |
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| Online Access: | https://praguepapers.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/09/Ryo_Murakami_67-89.pdf |
| Summary: | The Habsburg Empire was approved of temporary occupy Bosnia-Herzegovina on the Berliner Conference. Accordingly to the Article 25 of the Berliner Treaty and the agreement between Vienna and
Istanbul on April 1879, Bosnia-Herzegovina was still under sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire. The
Habsburgs executives maintained this provisional status in both provinces until 1908. Furthermore,
Bosnia-Herzegovina was a common administrative district (in German, Reichsland) between Austria and Hungary. The Habsburg Empire finally declared the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina on
6 October 1908. Alois Lexa Aehrenthal, Common Foreign Minister of the Habsburg Empire, become
the focus of researcher for this theme. But I point out that it was István Burián, the Common Finance
Minister of the Habsburg Empire (1903–1912), who proposed the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina
for the first time. Burián presented memoranda proposing the annexation to Emperor Franz Joseph in May 1907 and April 1908. But the revolution of the Young Turks was a decisive opportunity
to annexation. Therefore we should not overestimate Burián’s role in the annexation attempt. But
his memoranda not only stimulated leading circles of the Habsburg Empire to consider annexation
but also helped matters develop more smoothly in Vienna after the revolution of the Young Turks.
As Burián himself later wrote, we should regard him as the true proponent of annexation. However
the analysis about an annexation law, that was founded on the Habsburg’s succession law (in German, Pragmatische Sanktion), proves that the decision-making process for imperial affairs through
the common cabinet and the minister conference was very complicated and lacked a coordinating
function. A full account of annexation reveals the pluralistic and inefficient policymaking of the
Habsburg Empire under dual system. |
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| ISSN: | 1803-7356 2336-7105 |