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Peter Huber (diplomat)

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Peter Huber
Peter Huber in 2018
Austrian Ambassador to Germany
Assumed office
December 2017
Preceded byNikolaus Marschik
Succeeded byMichael Linhart
Austrian Ambassador to Spain
In office
January 2014 – November 2017
Preceded byRudolf Lennkh
Succeeded byChristian Ebner
Personal details
Born (1967-10-16) 16 October 1967 (age 57)
Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria
EducationUniversity of Innsbruck
Georgetown University

Peter Huber (born 16 October 1967) is an Austrian diplomat who has been serving as the Ambassador of Austria to Germany since December 2017.[1]

Early life

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Born on 16 October 1967 in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria, Peter Huber attended a federal high school in St. Johann in Tirol. From 1987 to 1992, he read law at the University of Innsbruck. After that, he spent 2 years at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna as a participant of the 29th diploma course. From 1994 to 1995, he was pursuing his Master of Laws for a year at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States. In 1995, he received his doctorate in law from the University of Innsbruck.

Diplomatic career

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  • January 1996: Joined the diplomatic service and was assigned to the legal and consular section of the Citizens Service
  • September 1996: Transferred to the International Organizations Department
  • March 1997: Dispatched to the Austrian permanent representation to the United Nations
  • October 1997: Moved back to the International Organizations Department
  • August 1999: Sent to the Austrian permanent representation to the UN and promoted to Counsellor
  • September 2002: Became Counselor in the Austrian Embassy in Paris
  • March 2005: Returned to the International Organizations department
  • November 2005: Appointed as deputy head of the International Organizations department
  • August 2008: Head of the International Organizations department
  • April 2011: Head of office of the State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry Wolfgang Waldner
  • September 2012: Head of office of the State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry Reinhold Lopatka
  • January 2014: Austrian Ambassador in Madrid and dually accredited in Andorra
  • December 2017: Austrian Ambassador in Berlin

References

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  1. ^ "The Embassy of Austria in Berlin". Berlin Global. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Austrian Ambassador to Spain
2014–2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by Austrian Ambassador to Germany
2017–present
Succeeded by