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Getting your interests through in the Council

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Alpbacher Feuerwehr
Plenary /
German and English language
Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for European Affairs, Helsinki
Ambassador ret.; Consultant, Federation of Austrian Industry, Vienna
Director-General, DG "Press, Communication, Protocol" in the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, Brussels Chair

M.Sc. Jan Birger STORE

Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for European Affairs, Helsinki

1972 Master of Political Science, Abo Akademi, Turku
1978 Entered service in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Second Secretary, Department for International Development Assistance
1983 Second Secretary, Permanent Representation to the OECD, Paris, Representative to the Development Assistance Committee
1986 First Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Trade Policy Department, European Integration Affairs
1990 Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation to EFTA, Geneva
1993 Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Head, Mission of Finland to the European Communities, Brussels
1995 Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative of Finland to the European Union
2000 Deputy Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Division for General EU Affairs
2001 Deputy Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Division for European Affairs
2003 Director General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for European Affairs

Dr. Gregor WOSCHNAGG

Ambassador ret.; Consultant, Federation of Austrian Industry, Vienna

1960-1965 Jusstudium, Universitäten Wien, Grenoble und Trinity College, Cambridge
1965-1966 Postgraduate-Studium in Europarecht und Nationalökonomie am "Collège d'Europe" in Brügge, Belgien
1966 Nach Gerichtspraxis Eintritt in das Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche
  Integration
1968-1973 Österreichische Vertretung, Vereinte Nationen in New York
1973-1975 Österreichischer Botschafter, Kairo
1975-1981 Leiter, Abteilung Presse und Information im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
1981-1986 Österreichischer Botschafter in Nairobi und Ständiger Vertreter bei den UN-Organisationen in Nairobi über
  Umweltschutz UNEP und Städteplanung HABITAT
1986-1987 Leiter, Generalsekretariat im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
1987-1996 Leiter, Abteilung Wirtschaftliche Integration im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten;
  Stellvertreter von Bot. Dr. Manfred Scheich bei den EWR- und EU-Beitrittsverhandlungen
1993-1996 Stellvertretender Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für
  auswärtige Angelegenheiten
1997-1999 Leiter, Wirtschafts- und integrationspolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
1999-2007 Ständiger Vertreter Österreichs, Europäischen Union

Dr. Hans BRUNMAYR

Director-General, DG "Press, Communication, Protocol" in the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, Brussels

 studied law at the University of Vienna
since 1967 civil servant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna
1968-1973 Cultural attaché at Austrian embassy in Paris and Deputy Permanent Delegate of Austria to UNESCO
1976-1982 Counsellor at Austrian embassy in Buenos Aires
1982-1985 Minister-Counsellor at Austrian embassy in the Hague
1990-1995 Deputy Head of the Austrian Mission to the European Union; preparation of and participation in negotiations on
  accession of Austria to the EU
1995-2001 Deputy Director-General for legislative procedures in codecision, transparency, information policy and public
  relations in the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU
since 2002 Director-General of DG "Press, Communication, Protocol"