Markus Lutterotti (diplomat)
Markus Lutterotti (born October 8, 1941 in Vienna ) is an Austrian diplomat.
Life
Lutterotti comes from a South Tyrolean noble family. After studying law in Vienna and obtaining a doctorate as a Dr. jur. he completed postgraduate training at Johns Hopkins University in Bologna . In 1966 he joined the Austrian Federal Chancellery. It was initially used in the Austrian representation at the OECD in Paris . After joining the foreign service in 1970, he was assigned to the Bonn embassy and then to the Jakarta embassy as counselor. From 1976 he was deputy head of the political department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for South Tyrol and Southern Europe. In 1980 Lutterotti was transferred as envoy to the embassy in Rome, at the same time he held the position of Deputy Governor of IFAD (Rome). From 1987 he was Deputy Cabinet Director of the Austrian Presidential Chancellery under Federal Presidents Kurt Waldheim and Thomas Klestil .
From February 13, 1993 to January 8, 1998 Lutterotti served as ambassador to Switzerland and from January 9, 1998 as head of mission in Germany , based in Bonn. On August 13, 1999, he moved the embassy to Berlin. Initially housed temporarily, the newly built Austrian embassy was opened on July 5, 2001.
In November 2002 Lutterotti was convened by Berlin and appointed by Federal President Klestil as a special advisor in international affairs, a function that he also exercised under Federal President Heinz Fischer until his retirement at the end of 2006.
Lutterotti is chairman of the board of trustees of the Auslandsösterreicher-Fonds (as of 2018).
Awards (selection)
- 1991: Grand Cross of the Princely Liechtenstein Order of Merit
- 1992: Great Silver Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1992: Commander's Cross with Star of the Papal Order of St. Gregorius
- 1992: Great Golden Decoration of the State of Carinthia
- 1993: Grand Cross of the Italian Order of Merit
- 1998: Decoration of Honor of the State of Tyrol
- 2002: Great Golden Decoration of the State of Styria
- 2002: Large Cross of Merit with star and shoulder ribbon of the German Order of Merit
- 2004: Great Silver Decoration with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria
family
Lutterotti is married and has four sons.
literature
- Agathon Aerni - Rudolf Agstner: “From kk legation to the Austrian embassy, commemorative publication 150 years of the Austrian embassy in Bern”, p. 155ff, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna 2000.
Web links
- Günther Hörbst: The spirit of the Habsburgs in the Hamburger Abendblatt from April 3, 2001
Individual evidence
- ↑ High regional awards in: kommunikation.steiermark.at of December 17, 2002.
- ^ Rudolf Agstner: 130 years of the Austrian Embassy in Berlin. P. 69ff, Philo, Berlin / Vienna 2003.
- ↑ The composition of the Board of Trustees of the Auslandsösterreicher-Fonds according to the resolutions of the Council of Ministers of March 4th, 2014 ( Memento of October 31st, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), November 3rd, 2015, April 4th 2017 and June 28th 2017 (PDF)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrich Hoess |
Austrian Ambassador in Berlin 1998–2002 |
Christian Prosl |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lutterotti, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |