Hubert Wurth

Hubert Wurth (born April 15, 1952 in Luxembourg ) is a Luxembourg diplomat and artist .

Wurth completed his Abitur at the Luxembourg Athénée (1964 to 1971), then studied law at the Universities of Aix-Marseille III and Paris II (1971 to 1975), with additional degrees in international relations at the Institute for Political Studies (IEP) in Paris (up to 1976) and Luxembourg law at the Luxembourg Bar (1977). In 1978 Wurth began his foreign service and until 1988 held various positions in the Luxembourg Foreign Ministry and the diplomatic missions of the Grand Duchy .

In 1988 Wurth was appointed ambassador to the Soviet Union , with additional accreditation in Poland , Finland and Mongolia and based in Moscow . In 1992 he was transferred to The Hague , as ambassador to the Netherlands , in 1998 to New York as permanent representative to the United Nations , and in 2003 to Paris as ambassador to France and as permanent representative to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO).

In August 2007 he was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom , based in London with additional accreditation in Ireland and Iceland . Since 2011 he has been the diplomatic representative of the Grand Duchy in Vienna , as ambassador to Austria , Slovakia and Slovenia , and as permanent representative to the OSCE , the IAEA , UNIDO and the United Nations Office in Vienna .

Wurth works as a self-taught painter in his spare time. He is married to the Luxembourg politician Lydie Polfer and has two daughters.

See also

• List of Luxembourg artists

Web links

• Personal page of Hubert Wurth
• Official website of the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Vienna

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ambassador from Luxembourg visits the town hall , Magistrat der Stadt St. Pölten, 2012
2. ↑ New Luxembourg Ambassador to the United Kingdom ( Memento of the original dated February 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Luxembourg Society, London, 2008  

predecessor	Office	successor
Guy de Muyser (until 1986)	Ambassador to Luxembourg in Moscow 1988–1992
	Ambassador to Luxembourg in The Hague 1992–1998
Jean-Marc Hoscheit	Ambassador to Luxembourg in Paris 2003–2007	Georges Santer
Joseph Weyland (until 2002)	Ambassador of Luxembourg in London 2007–2011	Alphonse Berns
Christian Braun	Ambassador of Luxembourg in Vienna 2011 – today	Marc monster