List of ambassadors of Austria to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The following is a list of Austrian ambassadors to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, France. The official title for the position is the Representative of Austria to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador. In the absence of an ambassador, the Deputy Permanent Representative assumes the role of interim Permanent Representative and heads the delegation as Chargé d'Affaires. The current ambassador has been Gerhard Jandl since 7 March 2022.[1]
Office holders
editThe following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
| No. | Image | Ambassador | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
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| 1 | Carl Heinz Bobleter | 1958 | 1964 | Later served as State Secretary at the Foreign Ministry.[2] | |
| 2 | Arno Halusa | 1964 | 1968 | Later served as Austrian Ambassador to the United States,[3] Secretary General of the Federation of Austrian Industries.[4] | |
| 3 | Carl Heinz Bobleter | 1968 | 1978 | Second term | |
| 4 | Peter Jankowitsch | 1978 | 1983 | Ambassador to Senegal, Cabinet Chief in Kreisky's 1st Cabinet, Ambassador to the UN and Chairman of the UN Security Council,[5] President of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs; Foreign Minister,[6] State Secretary for European Affairs in the Federal Chancellery, Secretary General of the Austrian-French Centre; President of the Austrian Space Agency. | |
| 5 | Georg Lennkh | 1983 | 1993 | Served in Kreisky's 3rd and 4th Cabinet; General Director for Development Cooperation at the Foreign Ministry, EU mission in Burundi, Austrian special ambassador for Africa and EU special representative in Chad.[7] | |
| 6 | Peter Jankowitsch | 1993 | 1998 | Second term | |
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Karl Schramek | 1998 | 2003 | Former Director of the Cultural Institute in Budapest, Disarmament Department at the Foreign Ministry, International Secretary of the SPÖ, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Federal Chancellor, Secretary General of the OECD; Austrian Ambassador to Syria. Head of Mission at NATO in Belgium since 2008.[8] |
| 8 | Ulrich Stacher | 2003 | 2008 | Former Head of the Coordination Affairs Section at the Federal Chancellery, Coordination Commission for Information Technology at the Ministry of Public Services and Sport.[9] | |
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Wolfgang Petritsch | 2008 | 2013 | Former Ambassador to Serbia and EU Special Representative for Kosovo, UN High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador to the UN in Geneva.[10][11][12] |
| 10 | Maria Elisabeth Stubits-Weidinger | 2013 | 2018 | Former Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Federal Chancellor and Office Manager of the State Secretary for Media and Government Coordination at the Federal Chancellery.[13] | |
| 11 | Thomas Schnöll | 2018 | 2021 | Former Press Officer of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador to Albania, Consul General in Chicago, Head of the Western Balkans Department at the Foreign Ministry.[14][15] | |
| 12 | Gerhard Jandl | 2022 | Present | Former Head of the Balkans Department in the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador in Sarajevo, Ambassador in Belgrade, Director of Security Policy, Ambassador to the Council of Europe.[1] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Austria: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD". www.oecd.org. OECD. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Commission, European Economic Community (1964). Bulletin of the European Economic Community. p. 63. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (11 May 1938). "Austrians in German Consulate". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Notes on People". The New York Times. 14 October 1975. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Teltsch, Kathleen (8 November 1972). "Not One to Live in Husband's Shadow". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "AROUND THE WORLD; New Foreign Minister Is Selected in Austria". The New York Times. 18 June 1986. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog". www.kreisky-forum.org (in German). Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "Presentation of credentials by Ambassador Karl Schramek at NATO headquarters". www.bmeia.gv.at. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Signing of the Treaty of Accession to the European Union by Austria (Corfu, 24 June 1994)". www.cvce.eu. CVCE.EU by UNI.LU. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Press, The Associated (8 March 2001). "Angry Croat Leadership Ousted in Bosnia". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Tribune, International Herald (10 March 2004). "Opinion | Land mines and the U.S. : LETTERS TO THE EDITOR". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Kingsley, Patrick (25 March 2020). "Coronavirus Helps Bring Down Kosovo's Government, With Nudge From U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Truth and Reality – On the Importance of Models in Economics, Science and Philosophy". www.forschung-austria.at (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Austrian Information. Information Department of the Austrian Consulate General. 2016. p. 33. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Agstner, Rudolf (2012). Austria (-Hungary) and Its Consulates in the United States. p. 374. Retrieved 1 August 2024.