Robert von Mayr-Harting (September 13, 1874 in

Aspern Aspern () is part of Donaustadt, the 22nd district of Vienna, Austria. History The area is known because of the Battle of Aspern-Essling, which was fought in the nearby Lobau on 21 and 22 May 1809. In that battle, the Austrian army, led by ...

, now a part of

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– March 12, 1948 in

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) was an Austrian-born Sudeten German politician. The member of

German Christian Social People's Party German Christian Social People's Party (german: Deutsche Christlich-Soziale Volkspartei, DCVP, cs, Německá křesťansko sociální strana lidová) was an ethnic German political party in Czechoslovakia, formed as a continuation from the Austri ...

was one of few German-speaking politicians who participated in the Czechoslovak Government. He served as

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from 12 October 1926 to 7 December 1929.List of Czechoslovakia's ministries
/ref> He was a member of the Senate of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1925 and of the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1938. On 29 March 1938 he joined the People's Party with the

Sudeten German Party The Sudeten German Party (german: Sudetendeutsche Partei, SdP, cs, Sudetoněmecká strana) was created by Konrad Henlein under the name ''Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront'' ("Front of the Sudeten German Homeland") on 1 October 1933, some months aft ...

. However, after the

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he made no political or public action to support the

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. After

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the Czechoslovak authorities allowed him to remain in Prague.

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