| Ambassador of Austria to Cuba | |
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| Formation | 1964 |
The following is a list of Austrian ambassadors of the Republic of Austria in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Austrian Embassy in Caracas was dissolved in August 2018 and the area of responsibility was taken over by the Austrian Embassy in Havana, Cuba.
In 1895, Johann Friedrich Berndes was the Austro-Hungarian Consul General in Havana. In the 1950s and 1960s, the ambassadors in Mexico City were also accredited to the governments in Havana. The Austrian embassy in Havana was opened in 1978 with Peter Hohenfellner as head of the mission. [1]
As of 2018, the embassy is also responsible for Antigua and Barbuda, [2] Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, [3] St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. [4] [5]
The current ambassador presented her credentials to President and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel on 12 January 2023, along with the ambassadors of Greece, Colombia, Syria, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Jamaica, Order of Malta, Malta and Gambia. [6]
| Name | Term Start | Term End | Appointed by | First Secretary | Notes |
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| Peter Hohenfellner | 1978 | 1981 | Bruno Kreisky | Fidel Castro | Later Ambassador in Beirut; Representative to the UN Security Council; President of the UN Security Council |
| Elmar Gamper | 1982 | 1985 | Bruno Kreisky | Fidel Castro | |
| Christoph Parisini | 1987 | 1990 | Fred Sinowatz | Fidel Castro | Born 1939 |
| Yuri Standenat | 1994 | 1999 | Franz Vranitzky | Fidel Castro | Later Ambassador in Buenos Aires |
| Helga Konrad | 2000 | 2005 | Wolfgang Schüssel | Fidel Castro | |
| Johannes Skriwan | 2006 | 2010 | Wolfgang Schüssel | Fidel Castro | |
| Andreas Rendl | 2010 | 2014 | Werner Faymann | Raúl Castro | Born 1964 |
| Gerlinde Paschinger | 2014 | 2014 | Werner Faymann | Raúl Castro | |
| Stefan Weidinger | 2018 | 2022 | Sebastian Kurz | Raúl Castro | Born 1957 |
| Gabriele Méon-Tschürtz | 2022 | Incumbent | Alexander Schallenberg | Miguel Díaz-Canel | Born 1962 [7] |
Diplomatic relations between Austria and Bulgaria were established in 1879. Austria has an embassy in Sofia and an honorary consulate in Burgas while Bulgaria has an embassy in Vienna and an honorary consulate in Salzburg.
Foreign relations exist between Austria and Finland. Austria recognised Finland on 13 January 1918. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 July 1918. Austria has an embassy in Helsinki and 6 honorary consulates. Finland has an embassy in Vienna and 8 honorary consulates . Both countries are full members of the European Union and of the Council of Europe. The two countries became members of the European Union in 1995.
Foreign relations exist between Austria and the United Kingdom, and have been positive and friendly since Austrian independence in 1955. Both nations are members of the Council of Europe. The two nations share close economic and technological ties, and cooperate in a variety of fields, particularly when the UK was a member of the European Union and also more recently in condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They have also agreed to cooperate on mutual interests over matters involving security in the Balkans, including regarding Kosovo, Albania and Serbia and furthermore to work together on countering subversive Russian activity in the region. Austria is a European Union member and the United Kingdom is a former European Union member. the United Kingdom is a member of NATO. Austria instead is not a member of NATO.
Austria–India relations or Indo–Austrian relations are the international relations that exist between Austria and India.
The Embassy of Austria in Islamabad is the diplomatic mission of Austria to Pakistan. It is located at 7-A, Street 21 in Sector F-8/2, Islamabad. Austria and Pakistan established diplomatic relations in 1956.
The Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations is the official representative of the government of Austria to the United Nations.
Romana Königsbrun is an Austrian diplomat who has been the Austrian ambassador to South Africa since 2022.
