YOUNES ALTAMIMI
Jordan; Diploma Programme 7 (1970-72)
Career Highlights:
° Director of Organization and Management Development, Arab Bank
° Deputy Director General, Albaraka Banking Group
° Senior Advisor, Riyad Bank
° Senior Consultant, United Nations Development Programme
° Senior Advisor, Sudan Cooperative and Development Bank
° Senior Banking Consultant, Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Services
ILONA ANTONISZYN-KLIK
Poland; Diploma Programme 38 (2001-02)
Career Highlights:
° Undersecretary of State (“Deputy Minister”), Ministry of Economy, Poland
MARIE-ROGER BILOA
Cameroon; Diploma Programme 14 (1977-79)
Career Highlights:
° Chairperson, Club Millenium, Paris
° CEO, Chief-editor and publisher, “Africa International”
JANINE FINCK
Luxembourg; Diploma Programme 23 (1986-88)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Luxembourg in Rome and London
° Chef du Protocole du Gouvernement, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg
ALEKSANDAR HEINA
Croatia; Special Course 3 (1992-93)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Denmark and Iceland
° Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia
° Director General, Directorate for Europe and North America
° Assistant Minister, Directorate for Intern. Economic Cooperation
° Head of the Department for Bilateral Economic Relations
MARKUS INGENLATH
Germany; Diploma Programme 31 (1994-96)
Knight of the French National Order of the Legion of Honor and bearer of the Montgelas Prize 2018 for Bavarian-French relations
Career Highlights:
° Secretary General, Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk
JAN KICKERT
Austria; Diploma Programme 30 (1993-95)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Austrian Embassy in Zagreb
° Director General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
° Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN, New York
JASNA OGNJANOVAC
Croatia; Special Course 2 (1991-92)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Dublin
° Assistant Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia
° Head of the UN Department
° Advisor to the Multilateral Administration
° Deputy Head of the Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the EU and to the UN
JEAN-FRANCIS REGIS ZINSOU
Benin; Diploma Programme 22 (1985-87)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Benin to the UN in New York
VALENTIN ALEXANDROV
Bulgaria; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Minister of Defence, Bulgaria
FATIMIR CELA
Albania; Special Course 3 (1992-93)
Career Highlights:
° General Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Albania
° Head of the Bilateral Relations Direction of the Albanian Foreign Ministry
ADUNGA FISSIHA
Ethiopia; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Ethiopia in London
FRIEDRICH HAMBURGER
Austria, Diploma Programme 6 (1969-71)
Career Highlights:
° Head of Delegation, European Commission
° Director, European Commission
ANNE RUTH HERKES
Germany; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)
Career Highlights:
° State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
° Ambassador, Embassy of Germany in Doha
YUSUF ZIYA IRBEC
Turkey; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)
Career Highlights:
° Founding President of the International Balkan University, Skopje
° Member of Parliament, Turkey
° President of the Beykent University
° Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of EU and of the EU Harmonization Committee
MICHAEL OLIVER KITZ
Austria; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)
Career Highlights:
° CEO, Casinos Austria CAGAST
ROLAND MARXER
Liechtenstein; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador and Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Liechtenstein
° Ambassador, Geneva
° President, Kulturstiftung Liechtenstein (Cultural Foundation)
LEOPOLD MAURER
Austria; Diploma Programme 9 (1972-74)
Career Highlights:
° Head of Delegation, European Commission
° Ambassador, EU Delegation to Montenegro
PETER MOSER
Austria; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC, Tokyo and Seoul
DRAGANA RADULOVIC
Montenegro; Special Course 18 (2001)
Career Highlights:
° Director-General of the Directorate General for NATO and Security Policy
° Ambassador, Embassy and Permanent Representation in Vienna
MICHAEL REINPRECHT
Austria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° Head of Unit, European Parliament
° Advisor to the Director-General, DG External Policies, European Parliament
GERHARD REIWEGER
Austria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° Deputy Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Sofia and Bucharest
HEINZ LUDWIG SOMMERBAUER
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° CEO, Austro Control
ERNST SUCHARIPA
Austria; Diploma Programme 9 (1972-74)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy in London
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in New York (UN)
° Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
ELISABETH ZUK-MAYERHOFER
Austria; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)
Career Highlights:
° Director, Bundespressedienst Austria
CELSO L.N. AMORIM
Brazil; Diploma Programme 3 (1966-68)
Career Highlights:
° Minister of Defense, Brazil
° Minister of External Relations, Brazil
° Secretary General, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil
° Ambassador, Embassy of Brazil in London
Werner ANDRÄ
Austria; MAIS 1 (1996-98)
Career Highlights:
° Judge at Bundesverwaltungsgericht der Republik Österreich
° Secretary General, Land & Forst Betriebe Österreich
ILSE BARTENSTEIN
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° General Manager, Lannacher Heilmittel GmbH
° CEO, Gerot Pharmazeutika GmbH
° Board Member of the Landesmuseum Joanneum GmbH, the Industriellenvereinigung Steiermark, and the Eco-Social Forum Steiermark
° Economic Parliament of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce: Delegates of the Industry Division
° WKÖ: Trade Association of the Chemical Industry
° Member of the 1st University Council of the Medical University of Graz
CHRISTIAN BERLAKOVITS
Austria; Diploma Programme 9 (1972-74)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Algiers and Rome
° Director-General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
° Head of Civil Service and the Legal and Consular Section of the Austrian Foreign Policy
EMIL BRIX
Austria; Diploma Programme 17 (1980-82)
Career Highlights:
° Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in London and Moscow
° Director General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
ALEXANDER CHRISTIANI
Austria; Diploma Programme 1 (1964-66)
Knight of the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Pretoria, The Hague and London
° Vice-President, Austro-British Society
° Head of the Department Middle East in the State Department
° Accredited to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
° Board Member of the Austrian Society for Foreign Affairs and the UN
HERBERT CORDT
Austria; Diploma Programme 8 (1971-73)
Career Highlights:
° Board Member, Österreichische Postsparkasse
° Board Member, Österreichische Länderbank AG
° Board Member, Aprilzi Foundation – social projects
° CEO, Cordt & Partner
° Chairman Supervisory Board of RHI
FILIP CUMPS
Belgium; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Consul General, General Consualte of Belgium in St.Petersburg
° Ambassador, Embassy of Belgium in Jakarta, Kiev, Riga and Vilnius
WENDELIN ETTMAYER
Austria; Diploma Programme 4 (1967-69)
Career Highlights:
° Member of Parliament, Austria
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Helsinki and Ottawa
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Strasbourg (Council of Europe)
° Interior, Education and Constitutional Committees
° Vice Chairman of the Court of Auditors Committee
° Security spokesman for the ÖVP in the Nationalrat
° Head of the Department of Bilateral and Multilateral Foreign Economic Relations in the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
RAFIK FISCHER
Luxembourg; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° Chairman of the Board of Directors of KBLepb Investment Funds
° Chairman of the Board of Directors of EFA
INGEBORG GABRIEL
Austria; Diploma Programme 11 (1974-76)
Career Highlights:
° Professor & Head of the Department of Social Ethics, University of Vienna
KOLINDA GRABAR-KITAROVIC
Croatia; Special Course 5 (1994)
Career Highlights:
° President of the Republic of Croatia
° Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, NATO
° Minister of External Relations, Croatia
° Ambassador, Embassy of Croatia in Washington, D.C.
ISABEL GÜNTHER
Germany; Diploma Programme 39 (2002-03)
Career Highlights:
° Professor and Head of the Center for Development and Cooperation, ETH Zurich
AHMED HAGGAG
Egypt; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)
Career Highlights:
° Special Envoy of the President of Egypt
° Secretary General, African Society
PETER HOHENFELLNER
Austria; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Havana and Beirut
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in New York (UN)
° Deputy Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vienna
° Director of the Department for International Organization, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
° Minister Counsellor, Austrian Embassy in Budapest
° Charge d'Affaires, Austrian Embassy in Algiers
VALENTIN INZKO
Austria; Diploma Programme 9 (1972-74)
Career Highlights:
° High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, UN
° European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Ljubljana and Sarajevo
EVGENI IVANOW
Bulgaria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° Executive Director, Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Brussels (EU)
FERNAND KARTHEISER
Luxembourg; Diploma Programme 23 (1986-88)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington, D.C. and Berlin
° Member of Parliament, Luxembourg
SHIGEO KATSU
Japan; Diploma Programme 11 (1974-76)
Career Highlights:
° Regional Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Group
° President of Nazarbayev University, Astana
WOLFGANG LANZ
Austria; Diploma Programme 1 (1964-66)
Career Highlights:
° Commercial Counsellor, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
IGOR LUKSIC
Montenegro; Special Course 14 (1999)
Career Highlights:
° Minister of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro
° Prime Minister, Montenegro
° Minister of Finance, Montenegro
GABRIELE MATZNER
Austria; Diploma Programme 5 (1968-70)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Bratislava, Tunis and London
° Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Academy
° Board of Associations such as the Peace University Stadtschlaining, the Theodor Kramer Society, the Londoner Wiener Library, and the Vienna Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe.
FERDINAND MAYRHOFER-GRÜNBÜHEL
Austria; Diploma Programme 3 (1966-68)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Ljubljana and Budapest
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Vienna (UN and OSCE)
KARL M. MILLAUER
Austria; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)
Career Highlights:
° CEO, Aquarion AG
° Senior Vice President, Aquatech
° CEO, Christ Water Technology Group
° CFO, Wolford AG
° Member of the Supervisory Board at AIT
JEANNE MOULOT GUEHE
Côte d’Ivoire; Diploma Programme 13 (1976-78)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire in Madrid and Canberra
BRIGITTE ÖPPINGER-WALCHSHOFER
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Pretoria -accredited in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Swaziland-, and India -accredited in Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka
° Managing Director, Austrian Development Agency
° Head of the Sub-Saharan Africa Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
° Permanent Representative of Austria to the African Union (AU)
° Head of the Internal Audit of the Foreign Ministry in Vienna
° Headed the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC)
DANIEL OSPELT
Liechtenstein; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Strasbourg (Council of Europe)
DIETER PLATZER
Austria; Diploma Programme 24 (1987-89)
Career Highlights:
° Director, Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung
RENÉ POLLITZER
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° Cabinet Director, Office of the Federal President of the Republic of Austria
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Athens and Rome
ERNST PORPACZY
Austria; Diploma Programme 1 (1964-66)
Career Highlights:
° CEO, Abbott Pharma
° CEO, BYK
° CEO, Altana Pharma
GEORGIOS D. POUKAMISSAS
Greece; Diploma Programme 14 (1977-79)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Kiew, Bucharest and Chișinău
° Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece
° Director, Division for Eastern Europe and Eurasia of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of Greece
GERHARD PUTMAN-CRAMER
Netherlands; Diploma Programme 10 (1973-75)
Career Highlights:
° Deputy Director, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN
° Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the PAM to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
° Director, DIHAD International Scientific Advisory Board
VIRGILJO REYES, JR
Philippines; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Philippines in Pretoria and Rome
BARBARA SATTLER
Austria; Diploma Programme 41 (2004/05)
Career Highlights:
° Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of St. Andrews
° Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Yale University
JOHANN SATTLER
Austria; Diploma Programme 31 (1994/95)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Tirana
° CEO, WAZ Russia
HEINZ SCHADEN
Austria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)
Career Highlights:
° Mayor, City of Salzburg
KARL SCHRAMEK
Austria; Diploma Programme 10 (1973-75)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Budapest, Dakar -accredited in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali and Sierra Leone-, Brussels and Damascus
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Brussels (NATO) and Head of the Austrian Mission
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation at the OECD, Paris
° Director of the Local Austrian Cultural Institute
° Head of the Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, Non-proliferation in the Foreign Ministry
° Represented Austria in the Permanent UN Disarmament Conference (UNCD) in Geneva, in the UN Disarmament Committee (CD) in New York, and in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna
GEORG SCHRAMEL
Austria; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Commercial Counsellor, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
HANS-DIETMAR SCHWEISGUT
Austria; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador and Head, Delegations of the EU to Japan as well as to the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Brussels (EU)
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Tokyo and Beijing
° Director General, Federal Ministry of Finance, Austria
SOUREN G. SERAYDARIAN
Syrian Arab Republic; Diploma Programme 4 (197-69)
Career Highlights:
° Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, UNMIL, UN
JUTTA STEFAN-BASTL
Austria; Diploma Programme 7 (1970-72)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Ljubljana, Delhi and Tokyo
ELHADJ AMADOU SY
Senegal; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)
Career Highlights:
° Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
° Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS, UN
TOMASZ TARABA
Poland; Diploma Programme 8 (1971-73)
Career Highlights:
° Chairman of the Board, Volksbank International Croatia
MAMADOU TINE
Senegal; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)
Career Highlights:
° Directeur de cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Senegal
HÜNER TUNCER
Turkey; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)
Career Highlights:
° Professor, Middle East Technical University Ankara
° Lecturer in the Department of International Relations in Hacettepe University
ELISABETH UDOLF-STROBL
Austria; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)
Career Highlights:
° Director-General, Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Austria
ROBERT VAN EMBDEN
Netherlands; Diploma Programme 16 (1979-81)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassies in Kingshasa, Asmara and Bogota
RANKO VUJACIC
Serbia; Diploma Programme 13 (1976-78)
Career Highlights:
° Director Operational Support Services Branch, UNIDO, UN
° Director, Diplomatic Academy of Montenegro
HANS WINKLER
Austria; Diploma Programme 5 (1968-70)
Career Highlights:
° Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
° State Secretary, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
MICHAEL ZIMMERMANN
Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)
Career Highlights:
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Budapest
° Cabinet Director, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
° Director General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria