The Ambassador

Ambassador Emil BRIX

Born 16 December 1956 in Vienna/Austria, married

History and English literature studies at the University of Vienna

1979                    Doctorate of History (Dr.phil)

1982                    Masters degree in History and English literature (Mag.phil.)

1980 - 1982          Diplomatic Academy Vienna

1982                     enters Austrian Diplomatic Service

1982 - 1984           Managing Director of the Austrian Management Club

1984 – 1986          Seconded to Austrian Parliament (Political Secretary/ÖVP)

1986 - 1989           Seconded to Ministry of Science and Research 
                            (Head of Cabinet of the Minister)

1989 - 1990            Cultural attaché at the Austrian Embassy Warsaw

1990 - 1995            Austrian Consul-General in Cracow

1995 - 1999            Director Austrian Cultural Institute in London

since October 1999  Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vienna

May 2000                Director for Cultural Programs

August 2002            Director-General for Foreign Cultural Policies

since April 2010       Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Additional positions:

2000-2010:             Secretary General Austrian Research Association

2007/2008:             President EUNIC (European Union National Institutes of Culture)

since 1995:             Deputy Chairman Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe

since 2009:             Member Governing Board Austrian Research Association

since 2011:             Member Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences

Awards:

1983:                      Anton Gindely Award (Vienna)

2008:                      European Culture Award “New Culture of New Europe” (Krynica)

Honorary Doctors:

2003:                      Dr. h.c. University Drohobytsch

2005:                      Dr. h.c. University Cluj/Napoca

Publications

Numerous books and articles on Austrian and European history of the 19^th und 20^th century, e.g. „The Decline of Empires“, 2001, with Klaus Koch and Elisabeth Vyslonzil; editor of „Civil Society in Austria”. 

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