Dr. Michael REITERER Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, Seoul
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| 1978 | Dr. jur., University of Innsbruck |
| 1979 | Diploma in International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Center |
| 1981 | Research Assistant, UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva; Certificate International Court of Justice, Research Session, The Hague |
| 1982-1985 | Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Western Africa, Abidjan |
| 1985-1989 | Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Japan, Tokyo |
| 1985 | Diplôme de Hautes Etudes Internationales, IHEID - The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva |
| 1990-1992 | Counsellor, Economic Affairs, Austrian Permanent Mission to the GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Geneva |
| 1992-1997 | Deputy Director General, Department for European Integration and Trade Policy, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna |
| 1995-1998 | Co-Chair (trade) of the Joint Session of Trade and Environment Experts, OECD, Paris |
| 1996 | Panelist of a WTO Dispute Settlement Panel (US/Canada - Split Run Editions) |
| 1997-1998 | Minister-Counsellor, Head of the Industrial and Commercial Affairs Section, Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, EESC Counsellor - European Economic and Social Committee of the EU, Brussels |
| 1998-2002 | Counsellor, ASEM - Asia-Europe Meeting, European Commission, Directorate-General for External Relations, Brussels |
| 2002-2007 | Minister, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Japan, Tokyo |
| 2005 | Adjunct Professor for International Politics, University of Innsbruck (Dozent f. internationale Politik) |
| 2007-2011 | Ambassador of the European Union to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, Bern |
| 2012-2016 | Principal Advisor, Asia-Pacific Department, European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels |
| since 2017 | Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, Seoul |
Mitgliedschaften
| Consultative Council of the Vienna Institute for Economic Studies | |
| Academic Consultative Council of the University of Kobe | |
| Academic Council of the Korea Chair, Brussels | |
| Austrian International Law Association, Austrian Political Science Association | |
| Curatorial Council Jean Monnet Foundation, Lausanne | |
| Former vice president of the Austrian Society for European Politics |
Publikationen
| "Geopolitical Cooperation with East Asia At Work". Christian Eichle/Patrick Rüppel/Megha Sarmah/Yeo Lay Hwee (eds.) Multilateralism in a Changing World Order. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Singapore, 2018; pp.121-134. http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/26133-1442-2-30.pdf | |
| "Controversy over abolition of death penalty and alternative-measures". National Human Rights Commission in Korea. International Seminar on Death Penalty-International Trends and Domestic Implementation. Seoul 2018; pp.57-69. Korean version pp. 43-53. | |
| "Candlelight, Moonlight, Olympics: Korea in Transition". KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Institute for European Studies, Policy Brief 2018/1, January 2018 https://www.korea-chair.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/KFVUB_Policy_Brief_2018-1_Candlelight_Moonlight_KoreaInTransition1.pdf | |
| "The EU’s Security Interests in East Asia: Japan as a Strategic Partner?" Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Takao Suami, Takako Ueta, Nicholas Peters, Frederik Ponjaert (eds.) Developing EU-Japan Relations in a Changing Regional Context. Routledge, London 2018; pp. 49-70. | |
| "China and the EU: Partners or competitors in shaping multilateral and regional governance in Asia" in Jing Men, Annika Linck (eds.) China and EU - Reform and Governance. Routledge, 2017. Co-author: Thomas Henökel; pp. 81-100. | |
| "The Global Strategy of the European Union - Vision needs deeds". Integration, Nr.1/2017; pp.11-30. (German). |
