List of Austrian ambassadors in the Philippines

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The first attempts to open an Austrian consulate in the Philippines were made as early as 1820, but the Spanish government was not interested in foreign consulates in the colony at that time. The corvette SMS "Archduke Friedrich" came to Manila in February 1870, u. a. to find a suitable candidate for an honorary consulate. One of them was found and reported to Vienna (Julius Spanier, born in Hanover and working for a Swiss trading company). On September 16, 1871, Emperor Franz Josef I approved his appointment as honorary consul - and thus the opening of the first Austro-Hungarian consulate in Manila.

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of the Philippines began on October 17, 1946, a few months after the Philippines had finally become an independent and sovereign state.

In 1979, the opening of a resident embassy in Manila was prepared and the diplomat Herbert Kröll was sent to Manila to rent or purchase suitable properties, etc. On June 10, 1980, the Council of Ministers in Vienna formally decided to open a resident embassy in Manila. Before the opening of a resident embassy in Manila, the Austrian head of mission in Jakarta was also accredited for the Philippines.

Today, the embassy covers the Philippines as well as Palau .

The Austrian Embassy is located on the 4th Floor, Prince Building, 117 Thailand Street (formerly Rada Street) Legaspi Village, Makati, Metro Manila .

The Austrian embassy in Manila was opened in 1979 with Herbert Kröll as chargé d'affaires. Before that, the Austrian ambassadors with their official seat in Jakarta were also regularly accredited to the governments of the Philippines .

Appointed / Accredited Surname Remarks appointed during the reign of accredited during the government of Leave post
1979 Herbert Kroell (* 6 August 1942 in Zellberg Tyrol) Chargé Bruno Kreisky Ferdinand Marcos 1982
1982 Friedrich Posch (* December 24, 1932 in Krems an der Donau) 1986
1986 Otmar Koler (* January 2, 1944 in Hall in Tirol ) Fred Sinowatz Corazon Aquino 1990
1990 Günter Gallowitsch (* September 18, 1944 in Graz) Franz Vranitzky 1994
1994 Heath cellar (* January 13, 1941 in Vienna) Fidel Ramos 1995
1996 Wolfgang Jilly (* April 24, 1940 in Znaim ) 2001
2001 Christian Krepela (* August 29, 1949 in Vienna) Wolfgang bowl Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 2005
2005 Herbert Hunter (* April 5, 1956 in Klagenfurt) 2009
2009 Wilhelm Donko (* December 16, 1960 in Linz ) Werner Faymann 2013
2013 Josef Muellner (* January 7, 1952 in Wiener Neustadt ) Benigno Aquino 2017
7 Aug 2017 Bita Rasoulian (* March 28, 1969) Rodrigo Duterte

See also

literature

  • Rudolf Agstner: “The“ Swiss History ”of the Austro-Hungarian Consulate Manila (Philippines) 1871–1917.” In “ROTWEISSROT”, issue 2/2001, Journal of the World Federation of Austrians Abroad. Vienna 2001, pp. 12-13.
  • Wilhelm M. Donko: “Austria-Philippines 1521–1898”, Berlin 2011 (Chapter 8: The Austro-Hungarian Consulate in Manila 1871–1917), pp. 143–167.
  • Astrid Pausz: “The Austro-Hungarian expedition to East Asia to conclude trade, friendship and shipping agreements. October 18, 1868 to October 31, 1869. “Diploma thesis at the Institute for History of the University of Vienna. Baden 2001.

Individual notes

  1. ↑ bmeia.gv.at
  2. ↑ Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs , web.archive.org
  3. ↑ Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs , bmeia.gv.at
  4. ^ Wilhelm Maximilian Donko, Austria-Philippines 1521–1898: Austrian-Filipino Relations and Encounters. P. 332