Elisabeth Kornfeind

Elisabeth Kornfeind (* 1967 ) is an Austrian lawyer and diplomat . Since December 2017 she has been the Austrian ambassador to Belgium and since April 2018 permanent representative of Austria to NATO .

Life

Elisabeth Kornfeind grew up in Bernstein in Burgenland . After graduating from high school , she began studying law at the University of Vienna , which she completed in 1989 as a Magistra . 1994 doctorate it to the doctor's rights . She started her professional career in 1990 as an assistant at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business . In 1995/96 she was an attaché at the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York . From 1999 to 2003 she was Counselor for Press and EU Affairs in London . In 2004 she became director of the Austrian Cultural Forum in London, and from 2008 to 2012 she was Director of the Austrian Cultural Forum in Budapest .

At the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs , she held various functions in the Europe section and worked in the office of the Secretary General. She was also Head of the EU Coordination Department and headed a task force for the preparation of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2018 . Since December 2017 she has succeeded Jürgen Meindl as the Austrian Ambassador to Belgium . In April 2018 she also took up her position as Austrian ambassador to NATO .

Awards

• 2012: Large Andrássy Medal from the Andrássy University of Budapest

Web links

• Elisabeth Kornfeind Austrian Embassy Brussels
• Elisabeth Kornfeind Austrian representation to NATO

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} orf.at: Belgium: Ambassador from amber . Article dated February 11, 2018, accessed May 31, 2019.
2. ↑ orf.at: Niessl and Illedits at the Committee of the Regions . Article dated February 6, 2019, accessed May 31, 2019.
3. ↑ The Animal Experiments Act 1988 . Dissertation University of Vienna 1994.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Austrian Embassy Brussels: Ambassador Dr. Elisabeth Kornfeind . Accessed May 31, 2019.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Austrian Mission to NATO: Ambassador Dr. Elisabeth Kornfeind . Accessed May 31, 2019.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Awarding of the large Andrássy Medal to Dr. Elisabeth Kornfeind . Article dated May 18, 2012, accessed May 31, 2019.
7. ^ Courier: New Ambassadors: Berlin, Brussels, Moscow . Article dated September 11, 2017, accessed May 31, 2019.

predecessor	Office	successor
Jürgen Meindl	Austrian Ambassador to Belgium December 2017–	-
Jürgen Meindl	Permanent representative of Austria to NATO April 2018–	-