Curriculum Vitae Gudrun Graf

Studies

• 1980: PhD (law), Graz University
• 1985: M.Sc (Mag. scient. en planificación del desarrollo, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas (thesis in the field of environment and development policies)
• 1986: M.A. (translator and interpreter of Spanish, Graz University), Attended post-graduate courses at Columbia University New York/Leyden and Universidad Complutense Madrid 

Career

• 1978-1983: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Graz University
• 1985/86: Law Clerk at Graz District Court
• 1986-1990: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Foreign Trade Division
• 1990 – 2009: Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, department of international law, political matters and development co-operation, Deputy Ambassador, Austrian Embassy Brussels, Deputy Head of Mission, Permanent Mission to UN Geneva, Austrian Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, resident in Buenos Aires
• Since December 2009: Austrian Ambassador to the F D R of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Republic of Congo, Uganda and South Sudan, resident in Addis Ababa, Permanent Representative to the African Union