Martin Bolldorf

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Martin Bolldorf (born August 6, 1948 in Vienna ) is an Austrian diplomat .

Life

After attending school at the Kollegium Kalksburg (Matura 1966), Bolldorf studied law at the University of Vienna and obtained his doctorate in 1972. iur. and then graduated from the Diplomatic Academy . In 1974 he joined the foreign service of the Republic of Austria and worked at the diplomatic missions in Prague and Madrid . From 1988 to 1994 he was envoy at the Austrian embassy to the Holy See and was then assigned to the Foreign Ministry at Ballhausplatz in Vienna. In 2002 he was appointed Austrian ambassador to Slovakia , from 2006 to 2011 he was accredited as Austrian ambassador to the Holy See, in San Marino and to the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta .

In addition to his diplomatic work, Bolldorf is involved in voluntary work, for example he was commandant of the Malteser Hospitaldienst Austria between 1997 and 2001 and was primarily responsible for its deployment in Albania during the Kosovo war .

He is honorary president of the Austrian-San-Marinesische Gesellschaft and holder of the order of the white double cross , 2nd class.

Bolldorf is married and has four children.

honors and awards

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vatican Radio: Vatican: New Ambassador of Austria to the Holy See
  2. Archdiocese of Vienna: From Preßburg to the Vatican ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ^ Austrian-San Marines Society ( Memento from April 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  4. AAS 102 (2010), n.12, p. 943.
  5. List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
Predecessors Office successor
Gabriele Matzner-Holzer Austrian ambassador in Pressburg
2002–2006
Helmut Wessely
Helmut Turk Austrian Ambassador to the Holy See
2006–2011
Alfons M. Kloss
Helmut Turk Austrian Ambassador in San Marino
2006–2011
Alfons M. Kloss
Helmut Turk Austrian ambassador to the Sovereign Order of Malta
2006–2011
Alfons M. Kloss