BERND BRÜNNER

Austria, SPIS 06 (2005-06) and MAIS 10 (2006-07)

Career Highlights:

• Secretary General, Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria
• Deputy Managing Director, Austrian Development Agency (ADA)

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KSENIA LEVUSHKINA

Russian Federation, MAIS 03 (1999-2000)

Career Highlight:

• Vice President Legal VISA CEMEA, VISA
• Senior Associate and Counsel, Baker McLenzie

IREN BORISSOVA

Bulgaria, Diploma Programme 33 (1996-97) and MAIS 1 (1997-98)

Career Highlights:

• Senior Director International Public Policy, Verisign
• Trade Advisor at the Delegation in Washington, European Commission

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MAX ALBERTO DIENER SALA

Mexico, Diploma Programme 28 (1991-93)

Career Highlight:

• Fiscal Attorney (Undersecretary position), Ministry of Finance of the Mexican Federal Government

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RYSZARD SLOMKA

Poland, Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)

Career Highlight:

• Founder, Polaris Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H.

MELITTA ASCHAUER-NAGL

Austria, Diploma Programme 22 (1985-87)

Career Highlights:

• Area Head Education, Culture and Consumer Policy; Arbeiterkammer Wien

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BRADLEY KLAPPER

USA, MAIS 7 (2003-04)

Career Highlights:

• Senior Vice President of Media Relations, Qorvis Communications
• National Security Editor, Associated Press (AP)

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VALON MURTEZAJ

Kosovo, Summer Course 2009
Officer of the National Order of Merit of French Republic, given by the President of the French Republic

Career Highlights:

• Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo
• Permanent Professor, IESEG School of Management, Paris

HÉLÈNE BAUDET

France; Diploma Programme 23 (1986-88)

Career Highlights:

° Director, EY Global Diversity & Inclusiveness, Ernst & Young (EY)

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ANDREI GALBUR

Moldova; Special Course 11 (1998)

Career Highlights:

° Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova
° Ambassador, Embassy of Moldova in Russia

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TUDOR ULIANOVSCHI

Moldova; Special Course 25 (2006)

Career Highlights:

° Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova
° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Geneva (UN, WTO)

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BARTHOLD VEENENDAAL

Netherlands; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)

Career Highlights:

° Member of the Board, Unichips Food Group
° Senior Vice-President, Schneider Electric
° Senior Executive Vice-President at Sunpartner Technologies 

GERHARD DANNINGER

Austria; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)

Career Highlights:

° Sales & Marketing Director, PT South Pacific Viscose
° Sales Director, Lenzing AG

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Eva Marie HABERFELLNER

Austria; Diploma Programme 6 (1969-71)

Career Highlights:

° Principal, Schule Schloss Salem
° Head of Bildungsinitiative Wirtschaft Verstehen Lernen, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Stiftung

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Thomas RESCH

Austria; Diploma Programme 28 (1991-93)

Career Highlights:

° Obermagistratsrat, City of Vienna

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Markus RODLAUER

Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)

Career Highlights:

° Deputy Director, IMF Asia & Pacific Department
° Deputy Director/Senior Advisor, IMF Western Hemisphere Department 
° Deputy Director, IMF Human Resources
° Chief, IMF Mission to China
° Executive Advisor, ESM

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GEORGES SANTER

Luxembourg; Diploma Programme 15 (1978-80)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassies of Luxembourg in Vienna, Paris and Berlin
° Head of Delegation of IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance)
° Secretary-General, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg

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Bernhard WRABETZ

Austria; Diploma Programme 25 (1988-90)

Career Highlights:

° Foreign Policy Advisor to the Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria
° Ambassador, Embassies of Austria in Lisbon and New Delhi
° Head of Humanitäre Hilfe und Nahrungsmittelhilfe of the Federal Ministry of Austria

BRIGITTE BRENNER 

Austria; Diploma Programme 26 (1989-91)

Career Highlights:

° Head of EU and International Services, Austrian Parliament
° President, Austrian National Committee of UNIFEM

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Friedrich DÄUBLE

Germany; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the International Organizations in Vienna
° Consul General, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sao Paulo
° Permanent Representative, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Rome
° Advisor EU Affairs, Office of the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
° Permanent Representative of the United Nations in Vienna

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Myrtha HURTADO RIVAS

Switzerland; MAIS 3 (1999-2000)

Career Highlights:

° Global Head Trademarks, Novartis (Sandoz)
° Head of Group Trademarks, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

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Dieter KOVAR

Austria; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)

Career Highlights:

° Managing Director, Schauenburg Group Africa
° Managing Director, BASF South Africa & Sub-Sahara
° Secretary to the Minister, Austrian Ministry of Trade and Industry
° Non-executive Director, Wecke & Voigts

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ASLAN BAKENOVICH SARINZHIPOV

Kazakhstan; Special Course 11 (1998)

Career Highlights:

° Minister, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
° Chairman of the Executive Council of Nazarbayev University 

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Martin STROPNICKY

Czech Republic; Special Course 1 (1990-91)

Career Highlights:

° Minister, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
° Minister, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
° Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
° Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
° Artistic Director, Vinohrady Theatre Prague
° Ambassador, Czech Embassies in Lisbon, Rome and the Vatican

PETER ATHANASIADIS

Austria; Diploma Programme 5 (1968-70)

Career Highlights:

° Commercial Counsellor, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

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KAUSHIK BAGCHI

India; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)

Career Highlights:

° Chair of History and Historic Preservation department, Goucher College
° Vice-President of Enterprise Sales, IBM India
° Head and Vice-President of Digital Enterprise Platform Group, SAP
° Vice-President of Information Management Asia Pacific, ASG Technologies

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GERLINDE MANZ-CHRIST

Austria; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)
Honorary Member of the OCEANS Network of the European Commission

Career Highlights:

° Head of Department for Communication and PR, Fürstentum Liechtenstein
° Managing Partner, Manz-Christ AG 

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IOANNIS RAPTAKIS

Greece; Diploma Programme 16 (1979-81)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Vietnam and Laos
° Director of Common Foreign and Security Policy and Political Cooperation of the European Union

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KARL SCHIEMER

Austria; Diploma Programme 10 (1973-75)

Career Highlights:

° Director, Vorarlberger Gebietskrankenkasse

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FRIEDRICH SOMMER

Austria; Diploma Programme 11 (1974-76)

Career Highlights:

° Head of Department Legal and Compliance, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG
° Member of the Supervisory Board, Raiffeisen Bank International AG

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

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ILONA ANTONISZYN-KLIK

Poland; Diploma Programme 38 (2001-02)

Career Highlights:

° Undersecretary of State (“Deputy Minister”), Ministry of Economy, Poland

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MARIE-ROGER BILOA

Cameroon; Diploma Programme 14 (1977-79)

Career Highlights:

° Chairperson, Club Millenium, Paris
° CEO, Chief-editor and publisher, “Africa International”
° Founder, MRB TV

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JANINE FINCK

Luxembourg; Diploma Programme 23 (1986-88)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of Luxembourg in Rome, London and Copenhagen
° Chef du Protocole du Gouvernement, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg

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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

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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

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JAN KICKERT

Austria; Diploma Programme 30 (1993-95)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Austrian Embassy in Zagreb and Rome
° Director General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
° Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN, New York

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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

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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

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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

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ADUNGA FISSIHA

Ethiopia; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of Ethiopia in London

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FRIEDRICH HAMBURGER

Austria, Diploma Programme 6 (1969-71)

Career Highlights:

° Head of Delegation, European Commission
° Director, European Commission

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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

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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

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MICHAEL OLIVER KITZ

Austria; Diploma Programme 19 (1982-84)

Career Highlights:

° CEO, Casinos Austria CAGAST

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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)

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LEOPOLD MAURER

Austria; Diploma Programme 9 (1972-74)

Career Highlights:

° Head of Delegation, European Commission
° Ambassador, EU Delegation to Montenegro

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PETER MOSER

Austria; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC, Tokyo and Seoul

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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

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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

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GERHARD REIWEGER

Austria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)

Career Highlights:

° Deputy Director, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Sofia and Bucharest

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HEINZ LUDWIG SOMMERBAUER

Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)

Career Highlights:

° CEO, Austro Control

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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

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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
° Chair, Unitaid

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Werner ANDRÄ

Austria; MAIS 1 (1996-98)

Career Highlights:

° Judge at Bundesverwaltungsgericht der Republik Österreich
° Secretary General, Land & Forst Betriebe Österreich

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
° Vice Chairman, Quintet Private Bank (Europe)

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INGEBORG GABRIEL

Austria; Diploma Programme 11 (1974-76)

Career Highlights:

° Professor & Head of the Department of Social Ethics, University of Vienna
° Vice Dean, Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Vienna

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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.

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ISABEL GÜNTHER

Germany; Diploma Programme 39 (2002-03)

Career Highlights:

° Professor and Head of the Center for Development and Cooperation, ETH Zurich
° Founder & Spokesperson, ETH for Development

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AHMED HAGGAG

Egypt; Diploma Programme 2 (1965-67)

Career Highlights:

° Special Envoy of the President of Egypt
° Secretary General, African Society

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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

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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

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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)

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FERNAND KARTHEISER

Luxembourg; Diploma Programme 23 (1986-88)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington, D.C. and Berlin
° Member of Parliament, Luxembourg
° National President, ADR

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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
° Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tsesnabank JSC

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WOLFGANG LANZ

Austria; Diploma Programme 1 (1964-66)

Career Highlights:

° Commercial Counsellor, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

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IGOR LUKSIC

Montenegro; Special Course 14 (1999)

Career Highlights:

° Minister of Foreign Affairs, Montenegro
° Prime Minister, Montenegro
° Minister of Finance, Montenegro
° Director, PwC

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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.

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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)

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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

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JEANNE MOULOT GUEHE

Côte d’Ivoire; Diploma Programme 13 (1976-78)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of Côte d’Ivoire in Madrid and Canberra

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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)

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DANIEL OSPELT

Liechtenstein; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Permanent Representation in Strasbourg (Council of Europe)

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DIETER PLATZER

Austria; Diploma Programme 24 (1987-89)

Career Highlights:

° Director, Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung

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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

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ERNST PORPACZY

Austria; Diploma Programme 1 (1964-66)

Career Highlights:

° CEO, Abbott Pharma
° CEO, BYK
° CEO, Altana Pharma

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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

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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

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VIRGILJO REYES, JR

Philippines; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of Philippines in Pretoria and Rome

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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

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JOHANN SATTLER

Austria; Diploma Programme 31 (1994/95)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Tirana
° CEO, WAZ Russia
° Special Representative and Ambassador of the EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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HEINZ SCHADEN

Austria; Diploma Programme 20 (1983-85)

Career Highlights:

° Mayor, City of Salzburg

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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
° Vice President, Austrian-Syrian Society

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GEORG SCHRAMEL

Austria; Diploma Programme 12 (1975-77)

Career Highlights:

° Commercial Counsellor, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

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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

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SOUREN G. SERAYDARIAN

Syrian Arab Republic; Diploma Programme 4 (197-69)

Career Highlights:

° Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, UNMIL, UN

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JUTTA STEFAN-BASTL

Austria; Diploma Programme 7 (1970-72)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Ljubljana, Delhi and Tokyo

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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
° Chair of the Board, Kofi Annan Foundation
° Co-Chair, GPMB

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TOMASZ TARABA

Poland; Diploma Programme 8 (1971-73)

Career Highlights:

° Chairman of the Board, Volksbank International Croatia
° Director, Alpine Leasing

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MAMADOU TINE

Senegal; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)

Career Highlights:

° Directeur de cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Senegal

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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 

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ELISABETH UDOLF-STROBL

Austria; Diploma Programme 21 (1984-86)

Career Highlights:

° Director-General, Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Austria
° Minister, Federal Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs

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ROBERT VAN EMBDEN

Netherlands; Diploma Programme 16 (1979-81)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassies in Kingshasa, Asmara and Bogota

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RANKO VUJACIC

Serbia; Diploma Programme 13 (1976-78)

Career Highlights:

° Director Operational Support Services Branch, UNIDO, UN
° Director, Diplomatic Academy of Montenegro

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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
° Permanent Representative of Austria at the Council of Europe

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MICHAEL ZIMMERMANN

Austria; Diploma Programme 18 (1981-83)

Career Highlights:

° Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Budapest and London
° Cabinet Director, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria
° Director General, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria