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.

Office holders The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office: Image Ambassador Term Start Term End Notes 1 Carl Heinz Bobleter 1958 1964 Later served as State Secretary at the Foreign Ministry. 2 Arno Halusa 1964 1968 Later served as Austrian Ambassador to the United States, Secretary General of the Federation of Austrian Industries. 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, President of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs; Foreign Minister, 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. 6 Peter Jankowitsch 1993 1998 Second term 7 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 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 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 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. 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. 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.

See also Lists of ambassadors of Austria

References

External links Veronika Haschka, Petra Stefenelli, Isabelle Hassler, Daniela Herta, Roland Schneider, Brigitte Hutter, Thomas Eder (collaborators): 50 years of OECD – 50 years of Austria in the OECD . Commemorative brochure. Publisher: Federal Chancellery, Department IV/7: OECD Affairs, Science and Research, Technology, Education. Vienna July 2011