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Mag. Alexander SCHALLENBERG Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Vienna

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1989-1994 Law studies, University of Vienna and université Paris II Panthéon-Assas
1995 Research assistant at the Institut Français des Relations Internationales, Paris
1995-1996 Postgraduate studies in European Law at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium
1997 Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1999-2000 Head of Unit for General Affairs of EU Integration
2000-2005 Head of the Legal Affairs Department at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU
2005-2008 Cabinet Member and Press Spokesperson of the Minister for Foreign Affairs Ursula Plassnik
2008-2013 Cabinet Member and Press Spokesperson of the Minister for Foreign Affairs (and Vice-Chancellor) Michael Spindelegger
2009-2013 Head of the Staff Unit 1 (coordination of foreign-policy communication, public diplomacy) and as of 2011 also Deputy Head of Cabinet of Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger
2014-2016 Head of the new Strategic and Policy Planning Unit reporting directly to Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz
2016-2018 General Director for Europe at the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs
since 2018 General Director for Section IV Coordination at the Federal Chancellery
since 2019 Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs
2019-2020 Federal Minister within the Federal Chancellery for the EU, Arts, Culture and Media
since 2020 Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Vienna