| 1962-66 |
Law studies, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 1966-68 |
Service at the Court and at the Federation of Austrian Industries |
| 1968-70 |
Post graduate studies at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna |
| 1970-71 |
Export manager for Dynafit Co., an Austrian ski boots producer |
| 1971 |
Entry into Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| 1971-72 |
Service at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (political and human resources department) |
| 1972-74 |
Austrian Embassy in Washington |
| 1975-78 |
Austrian Embassy in New Delhi |
| 1978-81 |
Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Personal Assistant to the Secretary General for Foreign Affairs |
| 1981-85 |
Minister at the Austrian Embassy in Beijing, China |
| 1985-90 |
Austrian Ambassador to Malaysia, co-accredited to Brunei Darussalam |
| 1990-93 |
Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Head of Division for South and Southeast Asia; furthermore, after 1991 Austrian Ambassador in Albania, residing in Vienna |
| 1993-96 |
Austrian Ambassador to Albania, co-accredited to Macedonia; Decorated with the Orden of Mother Theresa for humanitarian activities and granted honorary citizenship of City of Shkoder ( North Albania)
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| 1996-99 |
Head of the Department for Asia and the Pacific Region, Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vienna |
| 1999 - 2004 |
Austrian Ambassador to South África, co-accredited to Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mauritius and Madagaskar |
| since 2004 |
Austrian Ambassador to Egypt, co-accredited to Sudan |
