Eduard Haber
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Eduard Haber | |
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| Acting Governor of German New Guinea | |
| In office 13 April 1914 – 17 September 1914 | |
| Monarch | Wilhelm II |
| Chancellor | Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg |
| State Secretary of the Colonies | Wilhelm Solf |
| Preceded by | Albert Hahl |
| Succeeded by | William Holmes (Territory of New Guinea) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1866 |
| Died | 14 January 1947 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Mining engineer, civil servant, diplomat, professor |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Years of service | 1914 |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Johann Karl Emil Eduard Haber (1 October 1866 – 14 January 1947) was a German mining engineer, civil servant and diplomat, who served as the last Governor of German New Guinea.
Haber was born on 1 October 1866 in Mechernich in the Rhine Province of Prussia. After 1884 in Brilon, Eduard Haber studied Mining from 1885 to 1888 at the universities of Freiburg, Aachen and Bonn.
After finishing his studies in 1888, Haber was first the Bergreferendar, and from 1893 an assessor at the Oberbergamt Bonn. After a tour in 1889, which led him to Mexico and Peru, he became a teacher at the Bergakademie Berlin (Prussian Mining Academy). In 1896 he traveled on behalf of the Deutsche Bank to Australia and the United States. After his return, Haber was S hut (Silesia), appointed to the Deputy Inspector of the hut in 1900 at the lodge Office and in the same year in the Imperial colonial service of Foreign Ministry.
In 1901 his use as mountain official at the governorate was Dar es Salaam in German East Africa. In 1903, Haber, who previously had been appointed in the year to the Governing Council, was appointed as the first speakers of the province and promoted to the Privy Council in 1906. In 1907, Haber became lecturer Council in the Imperial Colonial Office to Berlin and received his appointment to the secret Oberregierungsrat in 1910.
In 1913, Haber was appointed as the Deputy-Governor of German New Guinea (DNG). Due to being granted leave for illness, Governor Albert Hahl departed for Germany on 22 January 1914 and Haber was appointed provisional Governor in Rabaul.
