Thomas Oberreiter
Thomas Christopher Oberreiter (born July 3, 1966 in Linz ) is an Austrian diplomat . He has been Head of Cabinet of Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg since July 2020 , before that he was Head of Cabinet of Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein .
Between July 2017 and June 2019 he was ambassador to the Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU in Brussels for the Committee of Permanent Representatives I. Oberreiter was previously an envoy at the Permanent Representation from September 2015 to June 2017 . He was previously the Austrian ambassador to Luxembourg from 2011 to 2015 .
Life
Thomas Christopher Oberreiter, born in Linz, grew up in Hagenberg in the Mühlkreis . He received his doctorate in 1992 for Doctor of Law at the University of Vienna . In the same year he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy Vienna . He has three children.
Diplomatic career
Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
He had assignments in the Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs as a speaker , first in the Middle East (1992), then in the EU department (1993 to 1994), then from 1995 to 1997 in the department for EU policy issues with participation in the Intergovernmental Conference for the Treaty of Amsterdam , which was passed on June 18, 1997, and Austria's accession to the EU . In the cabinet of Federal Minister Ursula Plassnik and Federal Minister Michael Spindelegger , Thomas Oberreiter was responsible for EU economic issues, for example for the Austrian EU Presidency in 2006 and as a contact (focal point) for negotiations on the Lisbon Treaty , which was signed on December 13, 2007 and was heavily criticized in Austria . From 2009 to 2011 he was deputy head of a cabinet.
Foreign accreditations
In 1994, Thomas Oberreiter was a stagiaire culture and press attaché at the Austrian embassy in Mexico , from 1998 to 2004 counselor at the Austrian representation in Brussels , where he was a consultant for the financial negotiations of Agenda 2000 , and from 2000 a member of the Antici group . In addition to his position as deputy head of a cabinet of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Thomas Oberreiter has been head of mission at the Austrian representative authority for Liechtenstein , which is located in Vienna , since 2009 . From 2011 to 2015, Thomas Oberreiter succeeded Christine Stix-Hackl as the Austrian ambassador to Luxembourg. His successor in Luxembourg is Gregor Schusterschitz . From September 2015 to June 2017, Thomas Oberreiter, like his predecessor Gregor Schusterschitz, was envoy to the Permanent Representation; from July 2017 he was - like most of his European colleagues in the Committee of Permanent Representatives I - Ambassador in the Committee of Permanent Representatives I. From July 2018, Oberreiter was Chairman of the Committee of Permanent Representatives I as part of the Austrian Council Presidency and, in this role, played a key role in negotiations with the European Parliament and supported negotiations in more than half of the Council formations.
Head of Cabinet of the Chancellor
Since June 2019, Oberreiter has been the head of the cabinet of Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Post castling in the Vienna State Department . Article from July 1, 2020 in the daily newspaper Die Presse
- ^ A b Michael Jungwirth: Bierlein's team: Launsky-Tieffenthal has to say goodbye. In: Small newspaper. June 7, 2019, accessed June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Website of the Austrian Embassy in Luxembourg until 2015.
- ^ Artist and cultural group CART in Luxembourg
- ↑ Hereditary Prince receives ambassadors . News from January 14, 2010 on fitig.li
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Stix-Hackl |
Austrian Ambassador to Luxembourg 2011–2015 |
Gregor Schusterschitz |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oberreiter, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oberreiter, Thomas Christopher (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |