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Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf
I was looking for the Alternate to Conrad if he was not chief of staff in 1914 who would his replacement be. A good reason for him not to be I list below.
He came into opposition with the foreign minister Graf Lexa von Aehrenthal and had to finally resign from his post at the end of 1911. Instead of this he was appointed to be an army inspector. However within a year later, on the12th of December 1912, Conrad was reappointed chief of the general staff on account of the intensified political situation.
Quoted from http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/biog/conrad.htm
Is there any worse choices than him and who would have been the best realistic replacement. ?