| 1999 | - up to present, March 2006 Adviser on Roma and Sinti Issues of the Contact Point for Roam and Sinti Issues, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights , Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| | Permanant Employement: |
| | Senior researcher, Institute of Sociology, Romanian Academy, 1972- 1999,on |
| | Second employment: |
| | Activist and Coordinator of projects in Romani CRISS- |
| | Rom Center for Social Intervention and Studies, |
| | a civic , non-profit body established, in 1993, |
| | by the Institute of Sociology-Bucuresti, Centre des Recherches Tsiganes-Paris, Ethnic Federation of Roma in Romania. |
| | Filed of work, expertize: |
| | Romani movement; Community development in Roma settings; , Roma and Sinti studies; |
| | Inter-ethnic relations , mainly Roma-majority population. |
| | Rural Sociology. |
| 1964-1972 | Studium der Rechtswissenschaften und Volkswirtschaftslehre |
| 1972 | Eintritt in die Wiener Arbeiterkammer, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Abteilung: v.a . Finanzwirtschaft und Umweltpolitik |
| 1976-1986 | Leiter der neugegründeten Abteilung für Kommunalpolitik; Beschäftigung insbes. mit Fragen der kommunalen Wirtschafts-, Gesundheits-, Wohnbaupolitik etc. |
| 1983-1988 | Mitglied des Wiener Landtages und Gemeinderates |
| 1986-1988 | Klubobmann der Sozialistischen Fraktion des Wiener Landtages und Gemeinderates |
| 1988-1991 | Amtsführender Stadtrat für Stadtentwicklung, Stadtplanung und Personal der Stadt Wien |
| 1991-1994 | Amtsführender Stadtrat für Stadtentwicklung, Stadtplanung und Verkehr der Stadt Wien |
| 1994-1996 | Amtsführender Stadtrat für Stadtentwicklung, Stadtplanung und Außenbeziehungen der Stadt Wien |
| seit 1996 | Abgeordneter zum Europäischen Parlament |
| 2012 | Fraktionsvorsitzender |
| Konferenz der Präsidenten |
| 2002 | Stellvertreter, Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
| | Dates (from - to): June, 2005-present |
| | Name and address of employer: The Government of Romania, Cabinet of the Deputy Prime-minister |
| | 1 Piata Victoriei |
| | Bucharest, Romania |
| | Type of business or sector: Politics/Public Administration |
| | Occupation or position held: State Advisor to the Deputy Prime-minister |
| | Main activities and responsibilities: Coordination of the Deputy Prime-minister`s Cabinet on fields of education, culture, minorities and EU integration |
| | Political and administrative coordination at the governmental level, representation, communication |
| | Dates (from - to): January, 2005-June, 2005 |
| | Name and address of employer: The Government of Romania, Cabinet of the Deputy Prime-minister |
| | 1 Piata Victoriei |
| | Bucharest, Romania |
| | Type of business or sector: Culture and education |
| | Occupation or position held: Director |
| | Main activities and responsibilities: Coordinating strategies and policies on fields of education and culture |
| | Dates (from - to): December, 2002- December, 2004 |
| | Name and address of employer: Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, President`s Cabinet |
| | 8 Avram Iancu, Sect 2. |
| 0240 | 15 |
| | Bucharest, Romania |
| | Type of business or sector: Politics |
| | Occupation or position held: Director |
| | Main activities and responsibilities: Coordinate personnel, internal/external communication strategies task management |
| | Dates (from - to): June, 2001- December, 2002 |
| | Name and address of employer: Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, President`s Cabinet |
| | 8 Avram Iancu, Sect 2. |
| 15 |
| | Bucharest, Romania |
| | Type of business or sector: Politics |
| | Occupation or position held: Press officer |
| | Main activities and responsibilities: liaise with mass media, edit the department s newsletter, coordinate communication strategies and action plans, PR |
| | Dates (from - to): May, 1999 - December, 2002 |
| | Name and address of employer: Romániai Magyar Szó, hungarian daily newspaper in Romania |
| | Bucharest |
| | Type of business or sector: Press |
| | Occupation or position held: Editor-in-chief |
| | Dates (from - to): October, 1998 - May, 1999 |
| | Name and address of employer: Krónika |
| | Cluj/Bucharest, Romania |
| | Type of business or sector: Press |
| | Occupation or position held: Political reporter |
| | Dates (from - to): January 1997 - July , 2003 |
| | Name and address of employer: Zone studio |
| | Bucharest, Romania |
| | Type of business or sector: Media |
| | Occupation or position held: Translator, form English into Hungarian for Discovery Channel, Animal Planet |
| | Dates (from - to): November 1995 - September, 1998 |
| | Name and address of employer: Romániai Magyar Szó, hungarian daily newspaper in Romania |
| | Bucharest |
| | Type of business or sector: Press |
| | Occupation or position held: reporter |
| | EDUCATION AND TRAINING |
| | Dates (from - to): September, 2005 |
| | Name and type of organization providing education and training: Ph.D. Linguistic and cultural identities |
| | University of Bucharest, Romania |
| | Principal subjects/occupational |
| | skills covered: Political communications |
| | Communication as key factor in preserving the identity for poitical parties |
| | Dates (from - to): September, 2001 |
| | Name and type of organization providing education and training: National School for Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest, Romania |
| | Principal subjects/occupational |
| | skills covered: Communication, Public Relations |
| | Dates (from - to): 2001 |
| | Name and type of organization providing education and training: IRI |
| | Principal subjects/occupational |
| | skills covered: Training on communication - USA, Washington DC, Atlanta, Georgia |
| | Dates (from - to): September, 1995 - February, 2000 |
| | Name and type of organization providing education and training: University of Bucharest, Romania |
| 1975-1979 | Studium der Geschichte und Anglistik, Universität Wien |
| 1979-1980 | Forschungsprojekt "Soziale und kulturelle Konflikte in der Donaumonarchie" |
| seit 1982 | Österreichischer Diplomatischer Dienst |
| 1982-1984 | Bundesgeschäftsführer des Management Clubs des Österreichischen Wirtschaftsbundes |
| 1984-1986 | Klubsekretär im Parlamentsklub der Österreichischen Volkspartei |
| 1986-1989 | Leiter des Ministerbüros im Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung |
| 1990-1995 | Generalkonsul der Republik Österreich in Krakau/Polen |
| 1995-1999 | Direktor des Österreichischen Kulturinstitutes in London |
| 2000-2003 | Leiter der Abteilung "Durchführung kultureller und wissenschaftlicher Veranstaltungen im Ausland" (Gesandter) in der Kulturpolitischen Sektion des Bundesministeriums für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
| 2002-2010 | Botschafts Leiter der Kulturpolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten |
| 2007 | , 2008 Präsident von EUNIC (European Union National Institutes of Culture) |
| seit 2010 | Botschafter der Republik Österreich im Vereinigten Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland |
