| 1963 | Graduated in Economics at the Budapest School of Economics
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| 1963-1968 | "Elektroimpex" Economist, Hungarian Foreign Trading Co.
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| 1969-1982 | Desk Officer, Director, Ministry of Foreign Trade
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| 1982-1987 | Counselor in charge of the EC, Hungarian Embassy
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| 1987-1988 | Prime Minister Office: responsible for international economic organisations
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| 1988-1992 | Director General for multilateral relations, Ministry of International Economics Relations
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| 1992-1993 | Permanent State Secretary supervising the sectors of industry, energy, building industry, trade and tourism, Ministry of Industry and Trade
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| 1994-1996 | Ambassador, Hungarian Embassy, Copenhagen
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| 1997-2000 | Ambassador, Hungarian Embassy, Bonn-Berlin
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| 2000 | Dr. habil of the Budapest School of Economics
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| 2000-2002 | Budapest University of Economics and Public Administration: Professor
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| 2001-2003 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs: State Secretary for Integration and External Economic Relations
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| 2003 | Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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| 2003-2004 | Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union: Ambassador (Corepter II.)
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| 2004 | Member of the European Commission
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| 2005-2009 | Professor at the faculty of International and European Studies at the Central European University
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| 2009-2010 | Foreign Minister of the Republic of Hungary
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| | Director, Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS), CEU |
| since 2010 | Professor, Central European University (CEU)
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| 1973-1979 | Research Assistant, Institute for Agricultural Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
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| 1978 | Doctorate, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
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| 1979-1984 | Executive Assistant, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck
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| 1985-1989 | Director, Provincial Chamber of Agriculture of Tyrol, Innsbruck
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| 1989-1994 | Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna
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| 1995-2004 | European Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, Brussels
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| 2005-2011 | Chairman, Ecosocial Forum Europe, Vienna
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| 2005-2015 | Chairman, RISE-Foundation, Brussels
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| 2014-2015 | Chairman of the Steering Committee of the EU scientific programme for Expo Milano 2015
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| since 2012 | President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
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| since 2016 | President, Board of Trustees to the Austrian Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna |
| 1960-1965 | Jusstudium, Universitäten Wien, Grenoble und Trinity College, Cambridge
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| 1965-1966 | Postgraduate-Studium in Europarecht und Nationalökonomie am "Collège d'Europe" in Brügge, Belgien
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| | Integration
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| 1966 | Nach Gerichtspraxis Eintritt in das Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche
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| 1968-1973 | Österreichische Vertretung, Vereinte Nationen in New York
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| 1973-1975 | Österreichischer Botschafter, Kairo
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| 1975-1981 | Leiter, Abteilung Presse und Information im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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| | Umweltschutz UNEP und Städteplanung HABITAT
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| 1981-1986 | Österreichischer Botschafter in Nairobi und Ständiger Vertreter bei den UN-Organisationen in Nairobi über
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| 1986-1987 | Leiter, Generalsekretariat im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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| | Stellvertreter von Bot. Dr. Manfred Scheich bei den EWR- und EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen
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| 1987-1996 | Leiter, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche Integration im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten;
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| | auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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| 1993-1996 | Stellvertretender Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für
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| 1997-1999 | Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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| 1999-2007 | Ständiger Vertreter Österreichs, Europäischen Union |
