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Eugen Seydel

Austrian police chief (1879-1958)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ1372892 ↗
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Eugen Seydel was an Austrian police chief in Vienna and president of the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC - now known as Interpol) from 1934 to 1935. Seydel was born in Vienna in 1879 and died in 1958.

Career

In 1932, Seydel was appointed Vice President of the Vienna Police. From 20 March 1933 to 28 September 1934, he served as Police President, heading the Federal Police Directorate in Vienna. He subsequently held the position of President of the International Criminal Police Commission from 1934 to 1935. Seydel passed away in 1958 and was laid to rest in Meidling Cemetery in Vienna.

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The public source identifies “Eugen Seydel” as austrian police chief (1879-1958). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Eugen, Seydel and Austrian.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1934, 1935, 1879, 1958—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1879-10-20. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Eugen, Seydel and Austrian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Eugen Seydel” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.