Wolfgang Petritsch
Wolfgang Petritsch | |
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 Petritsch in 2018 | |
| High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| In office 18 August 1999 – 26 May 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Westendorp |
| Succeeded by | Paddy Ashdown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 August 1947 Klagenfurt, Austria |
| Citizenship | Austrian |
| Nationality | Slovene |
Wolfgang Petritsch (born 26 August 1947) is an Austrian diplomat of Slovene ethnicity.
Between 1999 and 2002 Petritsch served as the international High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Early life and studies
Petritsch was born to a
Petritsch studied history, German studies, political science and law at the
Diplomatic career
After one year at the Austrian Mission to the
From 1997 to 1999 he was Austrian Ambassador to the
Petritsch served between August 1999 and May 2002 as the international
In the
In September 2003, Petritsch, as Austria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the WTO and to the Conference on Disarmament; he was appointed President of the Ottawa Treaty's First Review Conference, or Nairobi Summit on a Mine Free World taking place in Kenya in 2004.[4] In 2004–2005 he chaired the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and was in charge of its reform.[2]
After leaving Geneva, Petritsch went to Paris as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Austria to the OECD until 2013.[2]
Since November 2021 Petritsch is part of the advisory board of the Austrian Service Abroad.
Other positions
From 2005 to 2014 Petritsch chaired the Center for European Integration Studies (CEIS) in Geneva. Since 2007 he is President of the Paul Lazarsfeld Gesellschaft, Vienna From 2008 to 2013 he served as chair of the board of the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam. Since 2009 he is President of the Herbert Kelman Institute, Vienna. From 2010 to 2013 he was member of the senior advisory group on the International Dialogue on
Works
- 1999: Kosovo: Mythen, Daten, Fakten = Kosova, gemeinsam mit Karl Kaser und Robert Pichler, Wieser-Verlag, Klagenfurt 1999, ISBN 978-3-85129-304-3
- 2008: Das Kreisky-Prinzip: im Mittelpunkt der Mensch, gemeinsam mit ISBN 978-3-7076-0277-7
- 2009: Zielpunkt Europa: von den Schluchten des Balkan und den Mühen der Ebene ; Aufsätze – Reden – Kommentare – Interviews – Dokumente, 2001–2009, Wieser-Verlag, Klagenfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-85129-859-8
- 2010: Die europäische Chance: Neustart nach der Krise, gemeinsam mit Margaretha Kopeinig, Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Wien 2010, ISBN 978-3-218-00807-5
- 2010: Bruno Kreisky: die Biografie, Residenz-Verlag, St. Pölten/Salzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7017-3189-3
- 2018: Epochenwechsel: unser digital-autoritäres Jahrhundert, Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Wien 2018, ISBN 978-3-7106-0268-9
Further reading
- Solioz, Christophe; Petritsch, Wolfgang (December 2003). "The fate of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an exclusive interview of Christophe Solioz with Wolfgang Petritsch". Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans. 5 (3): 355–373. S2CID 158118689.
References
- ^ Kärntner Diplomatie rund um die Welt. Artikel vom 21. August 2011 in der Kleinen Zeitung
- ^ a b c d e f "Wolfgang Petritsch's CV".
- ^ a b CV, ohr.int
- ^ "Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World".
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