Renate Kobler

Renate Kobler (* 1961 in Vienna ) is an Austrian diplomat .

Life

Renate Kobler earned her Baccalauréat (Matura) at the Lycée Français de Vienne and studied law at the Universities of Graz and Vienna .

1991 Kobler entered the diplomatic service. In 1993 she worked at the Embassy in Dublin (Ireland) and from 1994 in Rome (Italy) . From 1997 she was deputy head of mission in Athens (Greece) , with Ambassador Hans Sabaditsch . In 2001 she moved to the permanent representation at the European Union in Brussels, where she was the representative of Austria in the Council working group on enlargement . In 2005 she returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vienna and was head of the department for EU budget, financial and currency issues, and then worked in the personnel policy and administrative section.

November 2011 Kobler was appointed ambassador in Tallinn for the Republic of Estonia . In her time, the fears against Russia triggered by the Ukraine conflict were the topic. In August 2015 she moved to the embassy in Skopje for Macedonia (letter handed over on September 10). In addition to general EU integration issues and the unstable political situation since February 2015, she is also concerned with the EU refugee crisis in which Macedonia, as part of the Balkan route, became a focal point at the time of her departure.

Awards

• Maarjamaa Risti I klassi teenetemärk (Marienland Cross), Estonia

proof

• Mag. Renate Kobler. Austrian Embassy Skopje, accessed March 7, 2016 (pdf).

1. ^ Brussels trip of the IDM. Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe, Event Archive 2002 , May 23, 2002, accessed March 7, 2016.
2. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Decision of the Council of Ministers on filling management positions abroad. APA OTS0224, January 13, 2015
3. ↑ Le Président Veljanoski a accueilli la nouvelle ambassadrice de la République d'Autriche en République de Macédoine, Madame Renate Kobler. l'Assemblée de la République de Macédoine, sobranie.mk, 10 September 2015, accessed 7 March 2016.
4. ↑ Takim i Zv / kryeministrit Besimi me z-nj Renate Kobler. In: Bota Sot online, September 16, 2015, accessed March 7, 2016 ('Meeting of Deputy Prime Minister Besimi with Ms. Renate Kobler');
   Ahmeti takon ambasadoren e Austrisë, Kobler. portalb.mk, November 23, 2015, accessed March 7, 2016 ('Ahmeti meets Ambassador of the Republic of Austria, Kobler');
   Xhaferri realizoi takim me ambasadoren e Austrise, Renate Kobler dhe të Holandës, Vauter Plomb. portalb.mk, January 14, 2016, accessed March 7, 2016 ('Xhaferi met the ambassadors of Austria, Renate Kobler, and the Netherlands, Vauter Plomb').
5. ↑ Teenetemärkide kavalerid: Nimi Renate Kobler. president.ee

predecessor	Office	successor
Angelika Saupe-Berchtold	Austrian Ambassador to Estonia Nov. 2011 - Aug. 2015	Doris Danler
Thomas Michael Baier	Austrian Ambassador to North Macedonia Sept. 2015 - ...	-