The Ambassador

Name: Astrid Harz

Place of birth: Wagna/Styria

Date of birth: 13 August 1967

Academic Degree: Master in Business Administration, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (1991)

1987 - 1991
Presenter, Austrian Broadcasting Company (ORF)

1991 - 1992
Staff member of the innovation and technology provider Joanneum Research Graz

1992 - 1994
Junior Professional Officer (JPO), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Praia, Cape Verde; development cooperation Since 30 December 1994: Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs

1994 - 1996
Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna

1996 - 1997
1st Secretary, Austrian Embassy Rome

1997 - 1999
Press aide to Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schüssel, int. al. during Austria's 1st Presidency of the European Union in 1998

1999 - 2004
Press Counsellor, Austrian Embassy Paris

2004
Office supervisor during Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner's campaign for presidential election in 2004

2004 - 2007
Spokesperson to Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, Head of Information Management, Documentation and Knowledge Management Department, int. al. during Austria's 2nd Presidency of the European Union in 2006

2007 - 2011
Director Austrian Cultural Forum Rome

Since 2011
Austrian Ambassador to Jordan and Iraq