Networking and lobbying as seen by the European Commission and the European Council
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DI Andrä RUPPRECHTER
Minister, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Vienna
| 1988-1989 | Assistant to the Director, Austrian Farmers' Union, Vienna |
| 1989-1997 | Member, Cabinet of Austrian Federal Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Franz Fischler, Wilhelm Molterer, Vienna |
| 1993-1994 | Member, Negotiation team on expert level for the agriculture chapter of the Austrian accession negotiations to the European Union |
| 1995-2002 | Head, EU-Coordination Unit, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna; Austrian Spokesman, SCA - Special Committee on Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 1998 | President, SCA - Special Committee on Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 1998-2002 | Deputy Director General, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna |
| 2002-2007 | Director General, Department Agriculture and Nutrition, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Vienna |
| 2006 | Head, National delegation, Council of Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 2007-2013 | Director for Rural Development and Agriculture Finances, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| since 2013 | Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
| since 2017 | President, Union of European Federalists Austria, Vienna |
Dr.iur. Hans-Dietmar SCHWEISGUT
Ambassador of the European Union to the People's Republic of China and Mongolia, Beijing
| 1974 | Graduation, Law Faculty (Dr. Jur.), Innsbruck University |
| 1975 | MCL, SMU, Dallas, USA |
| 1975-1977 | Postgraduate studies, Diplomatische Akademie Wien (Diplomatic Academy Vienna) |
| 1977 | Joins the Austrian diplomatic service |
| 1979-1983 | Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, New York |
| 1983-1984 | Head of the office, State Secretary for Economic Coordination in the Austrian Federal Chancellery |
| 1984-1986 | Secretary and later head of the office to the Federal Minister for Public Economy and Transport of Austria |
| 1986-1987 | Economic advisor to the Austrian Federal Minister of Finance |
| 1987-1991 | Minister at the Austrian Embassy, Tokyo |
| 1991-1999 | Director General for Economic Integration and Customs of the Federal Ministry of Finance, responsible for economic and monetary policy, international affairs, including the International Financial |
| Institutions, European Integration, Customs and excise taxes | |
| 1999-2003 | Ambassador of Austria to Japan |
| 2003-2007 | Ambassador of Austria to the People's Republic of China |
| 2007 -2010 | Permanent Representative of Austria to the European Union in Brussels |
| 2011 -2014 | Ambassador of the European Union to Japan |
Dr. Irmfried SCHWIMANN
Director, Directorate D Markets and Cases III: Financial Services, Directorate-General Competition, European Commission, Brussels
| University degree in law and political science | |
| 1984-1989 | Diplomatic Service, Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, posts in Vienna, New Delhi, Brussels |
| 1989-1999 | Head of service "International relations", Bundesländer Insurance Company; after merger/restructuring: UNIQA insurance group |
| since 1999 | European Commission |
| 1999-2006 | DG Internal Market |
| 1999-2002 | Desk officer, Unit "Payment Systems and Retail Issues" |
| 2002-2003 | Member, Commissioner Bolkestein' s cabinet |
| 2003-2006 | Head, Unit "Financial Services Policy" |
| since 2006 | Directorate General Competition |
| 2006-2009 | Head, Unit "Financial Services" (Antitrust) |
| 2007-2009 | Acting Director, "Financial Services and Health-related markets" |
| since 2009 | Director, "Markets and Cases III: Financial Services, |
| Head, Financial Crisis Task Force |
Dipl.-Ing. Karl Georg DOUTLIK
Advisor, Directorate General Communication, European Commission, Brussels
| 1964-1970 | Universität für Bodenkultur, Vienna (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences) |
| 1970-1972 | Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. USA, Master of Science |
| 1972 | G. Edwin Pidcock Consulting Engineers, Allentown, Pa. USA, Environmental technology, water supply, waste water |
| disposal, Project engineer | |
| 1973-1992 | ETERNIT-Werke L. Hatschek AG, Wiener Neudorf, Pipe systems for Water supply and Wastewater Disposal, |
| Manager for Technical Development, Sales Manager, Division Manager | |
| 1993-1997 | ETERNIT Tiefbau GmbH, Wiener Neudorf, Pipe systems for water supply and waste water disposal, |
| General Manager | |
| 1998-2000 | European Commission, Brussels, DG Enterprise Head of Unit for "Environmental aspects of enterprise policy", |
| Elaboration of enterprise aspects regarding sustainable development and environment policy | |
| 2000-2002 | European Commission, Brussels, DG Enterprise Head of Unit for "Improving framework conditions for SMEs", |
| Project management in the framework of perennial programs and entrepreneurial initiative, pertinent political | |
| development | |
| 2002-2008 | European Commission, Vienna, DG Communication, Head of the representation of the European Commission |
| in Austria, Information brokering and commentatorship |
