| | On 18 December 2017, Dr Karin Kneissl was appointed Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria. Karin Kneissl was born in 1965 in Vienna. She studied law and Arab studies at the University of Vienna. She also studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Amman, the University of Urbino and was a Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Karin Kneissl is also a graduate of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in Paris. From 1990 to 1998 Karin Kneissl held a number of posts in the Austrian diplomatic service, including in the cabinet of then foreign minister Dr Alois Mock, in the Office of International Law and at the Austrian embassies in Paris and Madrid. Since 1998 Karin Kneissl has worked as an independent lecturer in the areas of international law, Middle Eastern history and the energy market at various universities, including the University of Vienna; the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna; the European Business School in the Rheingau, Germany; the International Centre for Human Sciences in Byblos, Lebanon; Saint-Joseph University in Beirut; as well as at the Austrian Armed Forces National Defence Academy, Vienna and Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria. Karin Kneissl has also worked since 1998 as an independent commentator and correspondent for numerous German and English-speaking print media, as well as for the Austrian state broadcaster ORF. She has authored a large number of books and publications. Karin Kneissl is co-founder and vice president of Whistleblowing Austria as well as vice president of the Society for Politico-Strategic Studies, STRATEG. She has worked in local politics in her home community of Seibersdorf and plays an active role in numerous non-profit organisations in Austria and Lebanon. Karin Kneissl speaks various foreign languages: Arabic, English, French, Hebrew (basic), Italian, Hungarian (basic) and Spanish. |
| 1983-1995 | Law Studies, Freie Universität Berlin (Interruption 1984-1990) |
| 1995-1997 | Traineeship, Court of Appeal, Berlin |
| 1997-2006 | Self-employed Lawyer, Berlin |
| since 2003 | Author, Berlin |
| 2006-2007 | Freelance Writer, Berlin |
| 2007-2009 | Independent Lawyer; Author, Berlin |
| since 2009 | Author, Berlin |
| 2009-2011 | Managing Director, Fimas Finanzmanagement GmbH & Co KG, Berlin |
| 2011 | Managing Director, Hausverwaltung SOWA-CASA GmbH, Berlin |
| since 2010 | Lawyer, Berlin |
| since 2017 | Managing Director, Ibn Rushd-Goethe Moschee, Berlin |
| 1976-1981 | Studium der Pharmazie, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster |
| 1980-1987 | Studium der Humanmedizin, WWU Münster und LMU München |
| 1985 | Studienaufenthalt, Medical College, Srinagar |
| 1988 | Promotion zum Dr.med. in der Dermatologie, WWU Münster |
| 1987-1989 | Philosophie, Hochschule für Philosophie S.J. München |
| 1990-1993 | Theologie, (röm.-kath.) LMU München |
| 1994-1998 | Promotionsarbeit in Theologie |
| 1999 | Promotion zum Dr. theol. |
| 2002 | Forschungsaufenthalt, Georgetown University, Washington |
| 2007 | Habilitation, Moraltheologie und Medizinethik, Universität Wien |
| seit 2007 | Außerordentlicher Universitäts-Professor, Moraltheologie und Medizinethik, Universität Wien |
| 1989 | Magisterium, Rechtswissenschaften, Universität Wien |
| 1990 | Doktorat, Rechtswissenschaften, Universität Wien |
| 1992 | Univ.Ass., Institut für Rechtsphilosophie, Universität Wien |
| 1994 | Magisterium, Philosophie und Germanistik, Universität Wien |
| Ordentlicher Präsenzdienst beim Österreichischen Bundesheer (FMTS) |
| 1996 | Doktorat, Philosophie, Universität Wien |
| 1997 | Promotion sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae zum Doktor der Philosophie, Universität Wien |
| 1998 | Aufnahme in die Wissenschaftskommission des BMLVS, Wien |
| 1999 | Vortragstätigkeit, Theresianischen Militärakademie, Wiener Neustadt |
| Vortragstätigkeit, Landesverteidigungsakademie, Wiener Neustadt |
| 2000 | Habilitation, Rechtsphilosophie, Universität Wien |
| Ao.Univ.Prof., Rechtsphilosophie, Universität Wien |
| 2002 | Vortragender, Generalstabslehrgang, Österreichisches Bundesheer, Wien |
| 2005 | Vortragender, Strategischen Führungslehrgang, Österreichisches Bundesheer, Wien |
| 2006 | Projekt „eLaw-Tune-In“ 4-jähriges eLearning-Projekt, Universität Wien |
| 2009 | Lehrtätigkeit, Sicherheitsakademie des Bundes, Wien |
| 2010 | FFG-KIRAS-Projekt: SKILL - Rechtsethische GSK-Studie |
| FFG-KIRAS-Projekt: SafeCon - Rechtsethische GSK-Studie |
| 2011 | Vortragstätigkeit, Bundesministerium für Inneres, Wien |
| Expertenrat für Integration, Bundesministerium für Inneres, Wien |
| 2013 | FFG-KIRAS-Projekt: RelCon .- Rechtsethische GSK-Studie |
| FFG-KIRAS-Projekt: FlexDetect - Rechtsethische GSK-Studie |
| Abteilungsleiter, Polemologie und Rechtsethik, Institut für Rechtsphilosophie, Landesverteidigungsakademie, Wien |
| 2014 | Migrationsrat für Österreich, Bundesministerium für Inneres, Wien |
| 2016 | Migrationskommission, Bundesministerium für Inneres, Wien |
| 2017 | FFG-KIRAS-Projekt: Ambos - Rechtsethische GSK-Studie |
