The Ambassador

Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Born 26.1.1963 in Vienna, Austria

1981-1982          Military service

1982-1988          Mag. phil. History and French, University of Vienna

1986-1987          Language assistant, Paris, France

1988-1990          Diplomatic Academy Vienna, 25th course

1990-1991          JPO, UNDP Nouakchott, Mauritania

1991-1992          Permanent Mission to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)

1992-1995          Office of the State Secretary for Europe and Development Cooperation, Federal Chancellery

1995-1999          First Secretary at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York

1999-2001          Counsellor at the Austrian Embassy in London

2001-2006          Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary, CTBTO PrepCom, Vienna

2007-2009          Foreign Policy Advisor to the Federal Chancellor, Vienna

2009-2013          Ambassador to Portugal and Cape Verde, Lisbon

2013-2016          Ambassador to India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, New Delhi

2016-2017          Foreign Policy Advisor to the Federal Chancellor, Vienna

2018-2023          Head of Division VII.3, Humanitarian Aid

2020-2023          Deputy Director General VII

Since Aug. 2023          Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Married to Joana Daniel Wrabetz, two children