Dr. Wolfgang PETRITSCH Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Austria to the OECD, Paris

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1972	Ph.D. Southeastern European History, University of Vienna
1972-1973	Fulbright scholarship, University of Southern California, L.A., USA
1977-1983	Adviser, Press Secretary of the Austrian Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky
1983-1984	Austrian Mission to OECD, Paris
1984-1992	Head of Austrian Press and Information Service, New York
1992-1994	Head of the Department for Multilateral Economic Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna
1994	Head of Department for Information on European Affairs in the Federal Chancellery (supervised the Federal Government's information campaign on Austria's accession to the European Union)
1995-1997	Head of Department for International Relations of the City of Vienna
1997-1999	Austrian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1998-1999	European Union Special Envoy for Kosovo
1999	EU Chief Negotiator at the Kosovo peace talks in Rambouillet and Paris
1999-2002	High Representative of the International Community for Bosnia and Herzegovina
2002-2008	Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Austria to the UN and other International Organizations, WTO and the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva
since 2008	Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Austria to the OECD, Paris

Mitgliedschaften

Chair of the the Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation (KIIC), Vienna
Chair of the Center for European Integration Strategies (CEIS), Geneva
Chair of the Board, European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam

Publikationen

Wolfgang Petritsch, Wilfried Graf, Gudrun Kramer (ed.): Kärnten liegt am Meer. Konfliktgeschichte/n über Trauma, Macht und Identität, Drava & Heyn, Klagenfurt, 2012
Bruno Kreisky. Die Biografie, Residenz Verlag, Vienna, 2010
Wolfgang Petritsch, Vedran Dzihic (ed.): Conflict and Memory: Bridging Past and Future in [South East] Europe, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft - Southeast European Integration Perspectives, volume 3, Baden-Baden, 2010
Margaretha Kopeining, Wolfgang Petritsch: Die europäische Chance. Neustart nach der Krise, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna, 2010
Zielpunkt Europa - Von den Schluchten des Balkan und den Mühen der Ebene. Aufsätze - Reden - Kommentare - Interviews - Dokumente 2001-2009, Wieser, Klagenfurt, 2009
Wolfgang Petritsch, Goran Svilanovic, Christophe Solioz (ed.): Srbija je vazna: unutrasnje reforme i evropske integracije, Samizdat B92, Belgrade, 2009
Wolfgang Petritsch, Goran Svilanovic, Christophe Solioz (ed.): Serbia Matters: Domestic Reforms and European Integration, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft - Southeast European Integration Perspectives, volume 1, Baden-Baden, 2009
Wolfgang Petritsch, Margaretha Kopeinig: Das Kreisky-Prinzip: Im Mittelpunkt der Mensch, Czernin, Vienna, 2009
Wolfgang Petritsch, Christophe Solioz (ed.): Regional Cooperation in South East Europe and Beyond. Challenges and Prospects, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft [ Democracy, Security, Peace No 189], Baden-Baden, 2008
Wolfgang Petritsch, Robert Pichler: Kosovo-Kosova. Der lange Weg zum Frieden, Wieser, Klagenfurt, 2005 [2004]
Bosnien und Herzegowina 5 Jahre nach Dayton: Hat der Friede eine Chance?, Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt, 2007 [2001]
Bruno Kreisky. Ein biographischer Essay, Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna, 2000
Wolfgang Petritsch, Karl Kaser, Robert Pichler: Kosovo-Kosova. Mythen, Daten, Fakten, Wieser, Klagenfurt, 1999

past speeches