Grünberger was born on 15 October 1875 in Karlovy Vary as the son of a spa doctor. He studied law at Charles University. In 1898 he entered the Austrian civil service as a concept intern at the Lieutenancy in Prague and in December 1898, due to his language skills, he was assigned to the exhibition commission for the 1900 Paris Exhibition under Wilhelm Exner.[1]
On 31 May 1922 he was appointed by Chancellor of AustriaIgnaz Seipel as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position in which he served in until 20 November 1924.[3] During this time, the Liechtenstein legislation in Vienna was closed, which Grünberger privately opposed. He received a visit from chargé d'affairesJosef Hoop regarding the closure who had also opposed it, which faced backlash from the Liechtenstein government as they had previously agreed to be represented by Switzerland instead.[4][5] He then served as an plenipotentiary in Paris and Madrid from 1925 to 1932, in which his resignation was prompted by Ignaz Seipel's death.[2][6]
^Olechowski, Thomas (2011).『Ignaz Seipel – vom k.k. Minister zum Berichterstatter über die republikanische Bundesverfassung』[Ignaz Seipel – from k.k. Minister to Reporter on the Republican Federal Constitution]. In Simon, Thomas (ed.). Staatsgründung und Verfassungsordnung [State Foundation and Constitutional Order] (in German). Vienna. p. 134.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"Grünberger Alfred"(PDF). Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2023.
