Wladimir von Pawlowski (29 August 1891 – 1961) was an

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n lawyer and

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, who served as

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(Party Leader) and Reichsstatthalter (Reich Governor) of Carinthia after Austria was annexed by the

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. Pawlowski held these offices from 1 April 1940 to 27 November 1941. Before

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he sat in the Carinthia landtag. He also was a member of the

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(SS) with an SS number of 292,801. On 21 June 1939, he was promoted to the rank of SS- Standartenführer.Biondi, Robert, ed., ''SS Officers List: SS-Standartenführer to SS-Oberstgruppenführer'' (as of 30 January 1942),

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, 2000, p. 34

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