List of Austrian defense attachés
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| State level | Federation | ||
| position | Department | ||
| At sight | Ministry of Defense (currently BMLVS), General Staff (GStb) | ||
| Headquarters | Directorate for Security Policy (DionSihPol), Vienna 9 , Rossauer Kaserne | ||
| management | GenMjr Johann Frank (Defense Policy Director) | ||
| Employee | approx. 25 | ||
The defense attaché ( military attaché ) is the highest military diplomatic representative of the Republic of Austria in foreign service.
Direct military diplomatic relations are currently maintained with over 40 countries. Conversely, around 60 foreign military attachés from over 45 countries are accredited in Austria.
The Austrian military attaché service
Duties of an Austrian defense attaché
“The Austrian Ministry of Defense maintains security policy and military diplomatic relations with countries all over the world. The attachés provide expertise (e.g. assessments of security policy developments in the region) for the ministry and also for other departments such as the foreign ministry. "
- Austria's armed forces
The main tasks of the defense attachés are:
- Establishment of military diplomatic relations
- Improving bilateral cooperation
- Support and advice to the Austrian representations on security and military policy issues,
- Evaluation of developments in the host country as a contribution to the creation of the strategic picture of the situation
- Cooperation management, especially in crisis operations and disasters .
The military attachés usually work at the embassies , where they support the diplomatic service abroad in technical matters, similar to the cultural attachés or the commercial agents . For most of the neighboring countries there are two central offices in Vienna, where roving attachés ( travel attachés ) work.
In terms of salary, their rank corresponds to that of a first assigned (deputy ambassador).
Attaché department
The Attaché department (Att) of the Directorate for Security Policy (DionSihPol) reports directly to the General Staff (GStb). The department is currently (January 2012) subordinate to Defense Policy Director Major General Johann Pucher , and comprises - in addition to the attachés themselves - around 25 employees.
The department's agendas include:
- 01 Matters of bilateral military foreign relations
- 02 Matters of specific bilateral cooperation with foreign armed forces
- 03 Matters of the military diplomatic liaison service to foreign representations and offices outside the ministry
- 04 Issues relating to the guidelines for the infrastructural and material equipment of military diplomatic personnel abroad
- 05 Affairs of diplomatic passports and the military diplomatic courier service in consultation with the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs
- 06 Matters relating to guidelines and service instructions for military diplomatic personnel in bilateral use, including their preparation
- 07 Matters of military protocol and international courtesy and content management of high-ranking visits to Austria
- 08 Matters relating to stays, transits and overflights of foreign troops in accordance with the Troop Residence Act (TrAufG)
- 09 Matters of attaché management of defense attaché offices and roving attachés
- 10 affairs of the SAP countries of the Western Balkans
- 11 Matters relating to the planning and control of personnel employed in the international area within the sphere of activity of the attaché service
- 12 Budget management matters for the Defense Attaché Bureau personnel
Historical development
After the establishment of the armed forces of the Second Republic in 1955, the federal government decided in 1957 to send military attachés to the capitals of the four signatory states of the State Treaty, France , Great Britain , the Soviet Union and the United States , as well as to the capitals of the two European neutrals Sweden and Switzerland . The following were posted:
- Colonel dhmD Zdenko Paumgartten (France)
- Colonel dhmD Heinrich Jordis (Great Britain)
- Lieutenant Colonel dhmD Alexander Buschek (Soviet Union)
- Lieutenant Colonel dhmD Paul Klein (United States)
- Colonel dhmD Wilhelm Schuster (Sweden)
- Lieutenant Colonel dhmD Franz Rudolf (Switzerland).
The need to send further attachés was initially taken into account through co-accreditation. In 1965 the Austrian military attaché in Sweden was co-accredited for the first time in Finland , in 1968 there were co-accreditations for Belgium , Denmark , Finland, Luxembourg , the Netherlands and Poland , at the same time the number of military attachés was increased from 6 to 8 and secondments to the neighboring states of Hungary and Yugoslavia performed. Other neighboring states and other co-accreditations followed. In 1986 there were a total of eleven Austrian military or defense attachés who were accredited in 23 countries worldwide. Ten years later, in 1996, the number of Austrian military attachés rose to a total of 17 and the number of states under diplomatic service rose to 33.
In the course of the reform of the armed forces, the Austrian military diplomacy was reformed from 2007/08. For example, all residences in neighboring countries, with the exception of Germany, Italy and Switzerland, have been closed; countries such as Hungary , Slovenia , the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Romania and Bulgaria have been looked after by roving attachés since 2008 , officers from two travel attaché offices operate from Vienna. The attachés in Greece, Bulgaria and Romania were withdrawn, and new representations were set up in Israel , Algeria and Egypt , including regions that are important for Austria in terms of security policy.
In 2009, 20 defense attachés and eight subordinate military attachés looked after five military representations ( Brussels , The Hague , Geneva , New York and Vienna ) at multinational organizations ( EU , EDA , NATO , UNO ) and 19 bilateral attaché offices abroad ( Algiers , Ankara , Belgrade , Berlin , Bern , Brussels, Damascus , Cairo , Kiev , London , Moscow , Paris , Beijing , Rome , Sarajevo , Stockholm , Tel Aviv , Washington and Zagreb ).
List of Austrian military attachés
Defense attachés of the armed forces after 1955
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 Egypt since 2010; Co-accreditation: Sudan (since 2013) |
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 Albania
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 Algeria since 2009; Co-accreditation: Mali (since 2013), Niger (since 2013), Tunisia (since 2016), Chad |
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 Azerbaijan
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 Armenia
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 Ethiopia since 2013; Co-accreditation: Kenya (since 2013), South Sudan, Uganda, Central African Republic |
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 Belgium from 1992 to 2006; Co-accreditation: Luxembourg (1992–2000, 2002–2006), Netherlands (1993–2000) |
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2008 |
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 Bulgaria since 2008 |
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 People's Republic of China since 1997; Co-accreditation: South Korea (1999–2001), Japan (since 2008) and India |
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 Denmark
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 Germany since 1974; Co-accreditation: Denmark (1975–1980), Netherlands (1980–1993, since 2000), Poland (since 2007), Lithuania (2007–2017) |
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 Estonia
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 Finland
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 France since 1957; Co-accreditation: Netherlands (1967–1971), Belgium (1967–1992), Luxembourg (1967–1992, 2000–2002), Tunisia (1992–2007, 2013–2016), Morocco (since 1999), Senegal (2007–2017) , Spain (2007-2013), Mauritania (since 2013) |
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 Georgia
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 Greece 1999-2006; Co-accreditation: Bosnia-Herzegovina (1999–2002), Bulgaria (2004–2006) |
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 India
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 Iran
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 Ireland
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 Israel since 2007; Co-accreditation: Cyprus (2007-2016) |
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 Italy since 1970; Co-accreditation: Spain (1977–2007, since 2013), Greece (since 2007), Tunisia (2007–2013), Libya (2008–2012), Malta (since 2018), Albania (since 2016) |
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 Japan
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 Jordan
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 Canada
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 Kazakhstan
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 Kenya
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 Croatia since 1995; Co-accreditation: Macedonia (1998–1999), Bosnia-Herzegovina (2002–2007), Albania (2007–2016) |
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 Latvia
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 Lebanon
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 Libya
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 Lithuania
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 Luxembourg
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 Mali
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 Malta
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 Morocco
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 Mauritania
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 North Macedonia
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 Moldova
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 Montenegro
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 Niger
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 Netherlands
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 North Korea
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 Norway
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 Poland
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 Romania since 2008 |
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 Russia(until 1991 Soviet Union ) since 1957; Co-accreditation: Poland (1967–1993), Ukraine (1993–1995), Belarus (since 1996), Armenia (since 2007), Kazakhstan (since 2007)  |
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 Sweden since 1957; Co-accreditation: Finland (since 1966), Denmark (1967–1975, 1999–2007, since 2008), Norway (1975–1999, since 2004), Estonia (1999–2017), Latvia (1999–2017) |
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 Switzerland since 1957; Co-accreditation: South Africa (1999-2001) |
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 Senegal co-accreditation: Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso |
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 Slovakia since 1993; Co-accreditation: Ukraine (2004-2005) |
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 Slovenia since 1993; Co-accreditation: Albania (1993–2007), Macedonia (1999–2004) |
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 Spain
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 South Africa
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 Sudan
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 South Sudan
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 South Korea
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 Syria since 2002; Co-accreditation: Jordan (since 2002), Lebanon (since 2002), Egypt (2003-2010), Iran (since 2005) |
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 Chad
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 Czech Republic(until 1993 Czechoslovakia ) since 1976; Co-accreditation: GDR (1976–1990), Poland (1993–2007), Lithuania (1999–2007)  |
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 Tunisia
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 Turkey since 1994; Co-accreditation: Israel (1996-2007), Egypt (2010), Azerbaijan (since 2010) |
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 Uganda
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 Ukraine since 1995; Co-accreditation: Moldova (1999-2001, since 2007), Georgia (since 2007) |
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 Hungary since 1967; Co-accreditation: Bulgaria (1971–1998), Romania (1998–2007), Moldova (2002–2007) |
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 United States since 1957; Co-accreditation: Canada (since 1971) |
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 United Kingdom since 1957; Co-accreditation: Netherlands (1971–1980), Denmark (1980–1999), Ireland (since 1991), Norway (1999–2004) |
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 Belarus
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 Central African Republic
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 Cyprus
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See also
Web links
- Directorate for Security Policy , website of the Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport
- Security policy , information page of the BM for LV
Individual evidence
- Thomas Rapatz and Rolf M. Urrisk (eds.): “Military scientific publication series of the National Defense Academy.” Volume 25/2016. "The military diplomatic service in the Austrian army." Verlag AV + Astoria Druckzentrum GmbH, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-903121-08-9 .
- Stefan Bader, GenStb BMLV, HGM Vienna (Hrsg.): Writings on the history of the Austrian Armed Forces. Volume 3: At the highest point. The generals of the Austrian Armed Forces of the Second Republic. Gra & Wis publishing house, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-902455-02-0 .
- Austrian representation authorities ( page no longer available ), Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, bmeia.gv.at → Citizens Service (search selection, as well as directory of Austrian representation authorities , pdf)
- Partial report of the Court of Auditors (pdf; 636 kB) ( page no longer available )
- ↑ Austria's Armed Forces: Change of doyen in the foreign military attaché corps , Vienna, April 6, 2010.
- ^ A b c Austria's Armed Forces: Armed Forces: Military representations abroad reformed . Vienna, April 20, 2011.
- ↑ § 2. Abs. 1 Ordinance of the Federal Government on reimbursement of costs due to foreign assignments by civil servants and contract employees of the federal government ( Auslandsverwendungsverordnung - AVV) StF: Federal Law Gazette II No. 107/2005 (as amended online, ris.bka ).
- ↑ see BM for national defense and sport: response to the inquiry. S91143 / 82-PMVD / 2010, July 26, 2010 ( pdf , parliamentary materials, parlament.gv.at)
- ^ Business division of the Central Office of the Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport . As of August 5, 2010, decree of November 30, 2009, GZ S90582 / 42-Pres / 2009 i. d. F. of the decree of August 5, 2010, GZ S90582 / 12-Pres / 2010, General Staff p. 3 and Attaché Department p. 23 ff.
- ↑ Military Diplomacy , Part 3 Defense Attaché Roving - A Flexible Model of Military Diplomacy. In: Troop service , episode 342, edition 6/2014 ( online , bundesheer.at).
- ↑ a b Major General Mag. Wolfgang Wosolsobe , short curriculum vitae on bmlv.gv.at
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