Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal: The New World Special Representative of the Austrian Chancellor

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: October 1, 2023; 18:50 ♦ (Vindobona)

Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, former Secretary General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, was recently appointed World Special Representative by Chancellor Karl Nehammer. His main task in this new function will be to intensify relations between Austria and the global South, especially Africa.

Launsky-Tieffenthal now works on behalf of the Chancellor of the Republic of Austria. / Picture: © OSCE / Micky Kroell

Launsky-Tieffenthal, an experienced diplomat who began his career in the Federal Chancellery, worked as a government spokesman under the Turkish-Blue government (2017-2019). He also gained valuable experience at the UN in New York, where he served as Under-Secretary-General and Head of Communications between 2012 and 2015.

The central vision of the World Special Representative…