Current Austrian Ambassador to Israel to Become Top Diplomat in the United States
Ambassador Martin Weiss, the current Ambassador in Tel Aviv and former Speaker of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, will become the new Austrian Ambassador in Washington D.C., USA.
Current Austrian Ambassador to Israel, Martin Weiss, to Become Top Diplomat in the United States. / Picture: © BMEIA Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äußeres / Mahmoud Ashraf
Martin Weiss will take over from Wolfgang Waldner. His post in Israel will be filled by Ambassador Hannah Liko. This was announced by the Federal Government in the Council of Ministers.
Ambassador Weiss has extensive experience in the USA.
His US positions included the following positions. In between he was in Vienna again and again:
As early as 1991, he was appointed Attaché for Human Rights Issues at the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York City.
In 1993 he was appointed Embassy Secretary for Political Affairs at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
In 1997 he became Embassy Counsellor at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C. with responsibility for Public Diplomacy.
In 2000 he became Head of the Austrian Press and Information Service in Washington, D.C..
In 2004 Weiss was appointed Austrian Consul General in Los Angeles.
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Curriculum Vitae: |
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| Date of Birth: | December 31, 1962 (Innsbruck, Austria) |
| Education: | |
| 1981 – 1986 | Magister iuris (equivalent to J.D.), University of Vienna (Austria) |
| 1988 – 1989 |
Master of Laws (LL.M), University of Virginia |
| Career History: | |
| 1986 – 1988 | Teaching Assistant for Constitutional Law, University of Vienna, School of Law |
| 1990 | Department of the Americas, Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 1991 | Attaché, Austrian Mission to the United Nations in New York, Area of responsibility: 3rd Committee (Human Rights) |
| 1991 – 1992 | Office of the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs, Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
1992 |
Campaign office of the Austrian Presidential Candidate (and later Austrian President) Dr. Thomas Klestil |
| 1993 – 1994 | Political Counselor, Embassy of Austria in Washington D.C. |
| 1994 |
Association of Austrian Industry, Campaign for Austria’s referendum in favour of joining the European Union |
| 1995 – 1997 | Foreign Policy Adviser to the Minister of Economic Affairs, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs |
| 1997 – 2000 | Counselor, Congressional Affairs and Public Diplomacy, Embassy of Austria in Washington D.C. (the Congressional Counsellor is in charge of all Embassy relations with Hill) |
| 2000 – 2001 |
Director, Austrian Press and Information Service, Washington D.C. (the Austrian Press and Information Service is responsible for all media and press activities of the Austrian Government in the United States of America) |
| 2001 – 2004 |
Director, Press and Information Department of the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 2004 – 2009 |
Austrian Consul General in Los Angeles, California; Responsible for: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming |
| 2009 – 2012 |
Austrian Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus |
| 2012 – 2015 |
Director, Press and Information Department of the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs |
| Nov. 2015 – 2019 |
Austrian Ambassador to Israel, Tel Aviv |
| From November 2019 |
Ambassador of Austria to the United States |
| Family Status: | Married; Two children. |
Source: BMEIA
https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/austrian-embassy-tel-aviv/about-us/the-ambassador/