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Thomas Klestil, former ambassador to the U.S. and President of Austria
This is a list of
ambassadors of
Austria to the
United States .
The United States first established
diplomatic relations with Austria in 1838 during the time of the
Austrian Empire . Relations between the United States have been continuous since that time except for two interruptions during
World War I and
World War II .
The
Austrian Embassy in the United States is located in
Washington, D.C.
Austro-Hungarian Ambassadors
1838–1841 Baron Wenzel de Mareschal
[1]
1844–1850
August Belmont (as Consul-General)
[2]
1841–1863 Johann von Hülsemann
1863–1864 Nikolaus von Giorgi
25.01.1865–11.08.1867 Ferdinand Freiherr von Wydenbruck (1816–1878)
11.08.1867-03.07.1868 Karl von und zu Franckenstein
03.07.1868–12.03.1874 Karl Freiherr von Lederer (1817–1890)
12.03.1874–08.03.1875 Wilhelm Freiherr von Schwarz-Senborn (1813–1903)
23.06.1875–28.08.1878 Ladislaus Graf von Hoyos-Sprinzenstein
25.12.1878–30.10.1881 Ernst Freiherr von Mayr
30.10.1881–09.10.1886 Ignaz Freiherr von Schäffer
21.02.1887–11.10.1894 Ernst Ritter Schmit von Tavera (1839–1904)
11.10.1894–07.01.1913
Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár (1845–1917)
04.03.1913–04.11.1915
[3] Dr.
Konstantin Dumba (1856–1947)
09.11.1916–08.04.1917
[4]
Adam Graf Tarnówski von Tarnów (1866–1946)
Ambassadors of the Austrian Republic
Edgar L. G. Prochnik
Title: Chargé d'affaires a.i.
Presented credentials: 2 December 1921
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Presented credentials: 7 May 1925
Terminated mission:
Anschluss with Germany, 13 March 1938
Ludwig Kleinwächter
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 26 November 1946
Presented credentials: 4 December 1946
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 6 December 1951
Presented credentials: 19 December 1951
Max Loewenthal
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 5 February 1952
Presented credentials: 13 February 1952
Karl Gruber
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 3 March 1954
Presented credentials: 10 March 1954
Wilfried Platzer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 9 April 1958
Presented credentials: 18 April 1958
Ernst Lemberger
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 12 October 1965
Presented credentials: 16 November 1965
Karl Gruber
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 18 June 1969
Presented credentials: 1 July 1969
Arno Halusa
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 1 September 1972
Presented credentials: 7 September 1972
Karl Herbert Schober
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 2 March 1977
Presented credentials: 23 March 1977
Thomas Klestil
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 8 January 1982
Presented credentials: 13 January 1982
Friedrich Hoess
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 30 November 1987
Presented credentials: 21 December 1987
Helmut Tuerk
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 4 February 1993
Presented credentials: 14 April 1993
Peter Moser
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 19 April 1999
Presented credentials: 19 April 1999
Eva Nowotny
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 22 October 2003
Presented credentials: 4 December 2003
Christian Prosl
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 26 May 2009
Presented credentials: 20 July 2009
Hans Peter Manz
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 2 December 2011
Presented credentials: 18 January 2012
Wolfgang Waldner
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 14 January 2016
Presented credentials: 28 January 2016
Martin Weiss
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointed: 7 November 2019
Presented credentials: 6 January 2020
Notes and references
^ "An Old Washington Mansion" by Maud Burr Morris, 1917
^ Katz, Irving (1968).
August Belmont; a political biography . New York/London: Columbia University Press.
^ Dr. Dumba was declared persona non grata by the U.S. government on 8 September 1915 and left the United States on 5 October; however, his appointment ended formally first a month later.
^ Count Tarnowski von Tarnów was named ambassador following Dumba's expulsion and arrived in 1916 to Washington D.C., but never presented his credentials to President Wilson. His name therefore does not appear in the U.S. records where the legation was led by Erich Freiherr Zwiedinek von Südenhorst as chargé d'affaires until the embassy was closed and diplomatic relations were broken off on 8 April 1917. However, United States did not formally declare war on Austria-Hungary until 7 December 1917.
See also