Mag. Brigitte ÖPPINGER-WALCHSHOFER Austrian Ambassador to India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, New Delhi
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1974-1980 | Student, Vienna University of Economy and Business, Vienna |
1981-1981 | Student, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg |
1982-1983 | Diplomatic Academy Vienna |
since 1983 | Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
1983-1992 | Diplomatic postings, Ankara, Paris, Pretoria |
1992-1994 | Department for the Middle East and Africa, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
1994-1997 | Director, Unit for Africa South of the Sahara, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
1997-2001 | Deputy Head of Mission, Austrian Embassy London |
2001-2006 | Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa |
2005-2006 | Permanent Representative to the African Union, Addis Ababa |
2006-2007 | Head of the Department for Internal Audit, Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs, Vienna |
since 2007 | Managing Director, Austrian Development Agency, Vienna |
2012-2017 | Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in South Africa, Pretoria |
since 2017 | Ambassador, Embassy of Austria in India, New Delhi |
Mitgliedschaften
Austria's Association for Foreign Politics | |
Soroptimist Club Vienna I | |
Club "Diplomacy and Business" | |
Rotary Vienna International |