Curriculum Vitae - Ambassador Werner Brandstetter

Born  May 25, 1953, Rastenfeld, Lower Austria

1971                          Grammar School diploma followed by military service

1972 - 1976              University for Economics, Vienna

1977 - 1979               Post-graduate study at Diplomatic Academy, Vienna

1979                           Interim fellow at Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies

1979                           Joined Austrian Foreign Service

1981 - 1983               Austrian Embassy Moscow (First Secretary) 

1983 - 1987               Austrian Consulate General, New York (Consul)

1987 - 1990               Foreign Ministry Vienna, North America Desk

1990                            Austrian Embassy Berlin, GDR (Minister-Counsellor)

1990 - 1991               Austrian Consulate General Berlin (Consul)

1991 - 1995               Austrian Embassy Prague (Minister)

1995 - 2000               Austrian Consul General in Los Angeles

2000 - 2001               Austrian Foreign Ministry, Vienna, Political Division

                                     (Deputy Head of Western European Department)

2001 - 2004               Cabinet of Austrian Foreign Minister (Foreign Policy Adviser)

2004 - 2008                Austrian Ambassador in Brasil

2007 – 2008               accredited also as Austrian Ambassador in Suriname

Since October 2008  Austrian Ambassador in Canada

Since January 2009   accredited also as Austrian Ambassador in Jamaica

Several publications on East-West economic issues, in particular on energy projections and on the American and the Austrian political system

Married to Leonie-Maria, two adult children