Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Günther G. GREINDL

Ehemaliger österreichischer Militärrepräsentant bei der EU, Militärrepräsentant bei der NATO/EAPC und Militärdelegierter bei der WEU in Brüssel

	Diplom-Studium der Raum- und Stadtplanung an der TU Wien
1957	Einberufung zum österreichischen Bundesheer
1961	Nach Absolvierung der Theresianischen Militärakademie in Wiener Neustadt als Leutnant der Pioniertruppe ausgemustert. Ausbildungsoffizier und später Kompaniekommandant bei verschiedenen Pioniereinheiten
	Ab 1969 Stabsoffizier im Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung (BMLV)
1966	-69 Absolvierung des Generalstabskurses an der Landesverteidigungsakademie in Wien
1974	Bataillonskommandant einer Panzergrenadierbrigade
1975	wieder ins BMLV berufen
	nach Sept. 1978 Stellvertretender Leiter der Generalstabsabteilung im BMLV
	April 1979 Chief Staff der United Nations Disengagement and Observer Force (UNDOF) in Damaskus
	Dez. 1979 Ernennung zum Force-Commander der UNDOF und Beförderung zum Generalmajor
	März1981 Übernahme des Kommandos der UNFICYP
	April 1989 Österreichischer Verteidigungsattaché in der Schweiz
	April 1989 Chief Military Observer der United Nations Irak-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM)
	Juli 1992 Leiter der Generalstabsgruppe C (Militärpolitik und Sicherheitskooperation) im BMLV
1977	-78 Chief Operations Officer der United Nation Force in Zypern (UNVICYP) und Kommandant des Österreichkontingents
1993	-94 Leiter einer Sonderuntersuchungskommission betreffend die United Nations Protection Force in the Former Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR)
2000	-02 Österreichischer Militärrepräsentant bei der EU, Militärrepräsentant bei der NATO/EAPC und Militärdelegierter bei der WEU in Brüssel
seit 2003	im Ruhestand

Michael MATTHIESSEN

Director, DG E IX - Civilian Crisis Management, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

1981	DEA (Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies), Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris
1982	Cand. scient. pol. (MA) in political science, Aarhus University, Denmark
1982	-85 Deputy Head of Section (1982-83) and Head of Section (1983-85) Department of Development Aid (DANIDA), Department of Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen
1985	-87 Deputy Director, Private Office of the Secretary General of NATO (Lord Carrington), NATO Headquarters, Brussels
1987	-88 Secretary of Embassy, responsible for relations with the European Parliament, including during the Danish Presidency (1987), Danish Representation to the European Communities, Brussels
1988	-91 Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of Denmark, Copenhagen
1992	Head of Section, Department for Central and Eastern Europe, responsible for political affairs, especially ex-Yugoslavia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen
1992	-97 Counsellor, responsible for press relations, including during the Danish Presidency (1992-93), CFSP Counsellor (1993-96), ANTICI Counsellor (1996-97), Permanent Representation of Denmark to the European Communities/Union, Brussels
1997	-99 Head of Department, responsible for Denmark's relations with the European Union in general, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen
1999-2001	Head of Task Force SITCEN/Crisis Cell, Policy Unit, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Brussels
since 2001	Director, DG E IX - Civilian Crisis Management, DG E, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Brussels

Dr. Thomas MAYR-HARTING

Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, EEAS - European External Action Service, Brussels

1977	Diploma, Law Studies in Vienna
1977-1978	Postgraduate-Studies, College of Europe, Bruges
1978	Diploma of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague
1979	Joined the Austrian Diplomatic Service
1982-1986	Austrian Mission to the European Communities, Brussels
1986-1990	Austrian Embassy, Moscow
1991-1993	Private Office of the Austrian Foreign Minister, Vienna
1993-1995	Deputy Head of Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Mock and Schüssel, Vienna
1995-1999	Deputy Political Director and Director for Security Policy and Policy Planning, Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
1999-2003	Ambassador of Austria to Belgium and Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO, Brussels
2002-2004	Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans
2003-2004	Representative of the Chancellor in the Reform Commission of the Federal Army, Vienna
2003-2008	Political Director (Director General for Political Affairs) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna
2008-2011	Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, New York
2009-2010	Also represented Austria on the United Nations Security Council, New York
2011	Vice-President of the 66th General Assembly of the UN, New York
2011-2015	Ambassador, (Head of the Delegation) of the European Union to the United Nations, New York
	Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges and Natolin
	Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna
since 2015	Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia, European External Action Service, Brussels

Dr. Wolfgang PETRITSCH

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Austria to the OECD, Paris

1972	Ph.D. Southeastern European History, University of Vienna
1972-1973	Fulbright scholarship, University of Southern California, L.A., USA
1977-1983	Adviser, Press Secretary of the Austrian Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky
1983-1984	Austrian Mission to OECD, Paris
1984-1992	Head of Austrian Press and Information Service, New York
1992-1994	Head of the Department for Multilateral Economic Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna
1994	Head of Department for Information on European Affairs in the Federal Chancellery (supervised the Federal Government's information campaign on Austria's accession to the European Union)
1995-1997	Head of Department for International Relations of the City of Vienna
1997-1999	Austrian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1998-1999	European Union Special Envoy for Kosovo
1999	EU Chief Negotiator at the Kosovo peace talks in Rambouillet and Paris
1999-2002	High Representative of the International Community for Bosnia and Herzegovina
2002-2008	Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Austria to the UN and other International Organizations, WTO and the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva
since 2008	Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Austria to the OECD, Paris

Dr. Ernst SUCHARIPA

Direktor der Diplomatischen Akademie Wien

1969	Promotion zum Dr.iur., Universität Wien
1970	-72 Universitätsassistent am Institut für Völkerrecht und internationale Beziehungen, Universität Linz; Lehrbeauftragter Völkerrecht und internationale Beziehungen
1972	-74 Diplomatische Akademie Wien
1974	Eintritt in das Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten (Völkerrechtsbüro)
1985	Kabinettchef
1987	Leiter der Ostabteilung
1990	Leiter der Politischen Sektion (Politischer Direktor)
1993	Ständiger Vertreter Österreichs bei den Vereinten Nationen (Botschafter), New York
seit 1993	Vorstandsmitglied der International Peace Academy
1995	Ko-Vorsitzender der Arbeitsgruppe zur Finanzlage der Vereinten Nationen
1998	Vertreter der österreichischen EU-Präsidentschaft bei den VN New York
1999	Ko-Vorsitzender der GV-Arbeitsgruppe zur Entwicklungsfinanzierung
seit 1999	Direktor der Diplomatischen Akademie Wien
2000	/01 Sonderbotschafter für Restitutionsfragen