Michael Rendi
Michael Rendi (born October 9, 1964 ) is a former Austrian diplomat .
From 2016 to 2018 he was Head of Cabinet of the then Social Democratic Party - Chancellery Minister Thomas Drozda . From 2008 to 2011, Rendi was the Austrian ambassador to Israel . He is the husband of the SPÖ federal party chairman Pamela Rendi-Wagner .
Life
Rendi comes from an old Austrian Jewish cloth merchant family who were based in Graz (Simon Rendi department store on Joanneumring) and Zagreb . He grew up in Austria, Trieste and São Paulo .
After attending the Lycée Français de Vienne and the Liceu Pasteur in São Paulo, he completed a degree at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and entered the diplomatic service in 1992, where he was initially employed at the Austrian embassies in Damascus , Helsinki and London . From 2002 to 2007 he headed the office of the Secretary General in the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs . From 2008 to 2011 he held the post of Austrian ambassador to Israel .
Before moving to the Federal Chancellery as Head of Cabinet of the Federal Minister for Art and Culture, Constitution and Media in 2016, Rendi headed the department for the United Nations and international organizations at the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs.
Private
Rendi is married to the Austrian doctor , politician and federal party leader of the SPÖ , Pamela Rendi-Wagner , with whom he has two daughters.
Rendi was co-founder and 1st President of the Rugby Club Vienna (today Rugby Union Donau Wien). In 1992 Michael Rendi was the captain of the Austrian national rugby team at the first official international match between Austria and Hungary in Budapest.
Web links
- Interview in the Jewish magazine for politics and culture. (Issue No. 35, Nisan 5769)
- Clubbing like James Bond. The press on May 27, 2010
- Israel: Tel Aviv is one of the most cosmopolitan metropolises in the Middle East . profile from August 21, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ An ambassador looking for clues. In: nu . 2009, accessed March 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Drozda brings top diplomat into the team. In: Courier. May 19, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .
- ^ History . In: Rugby Danube . September 13, 2014 ( rugbydonau.at [accessed March 20, 2017]). History ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2017 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.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kurt Hengl |
List of Austrian ambassadors in Israel from 2008 to 2011 |
Franz Josef Kuglitsch |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rendi, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian diplomat, head of cabinet in the Ministry of the Chancellery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1964 |