Lopatka New State Secretary in Austrian Foreign Ministry

Politics ♦ Published: September 12, 2012; 16:08 ♦ (Vindobona)

Reinhold Lopatka (Austrian People's Party - ÖVP) was sworn in as State Secretary in the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs today by Austrian President Heinz Fischer.

Lopatka New State Secretary in Austrian Foreign Ministry / Picture: © Flickr / The Austrian Foreign Ministry

Reinhold Lopatka, who was born in the Province of Styria, is taking on the function of State Secretary in an Austrian government for the third time. He is the successor to  Wolfgang Waldner in the Austrian Foreign Ministry and in accordance with his decree of appointment will support the work of Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger in all external and European…