!!!Petritsch, Wolfgang

Petritsch, Wolfgang, b. Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Aug. 26, 1947, 
civil servant and diplomat. Studied history, German language and 
literature, political science and law at the University of Vienna 
(1967-72); from 1975 in the Federal Press Service, 1977-83 secretary 
to Federal Chancellor B.  Kreisky; 1984-92 head of the Austrian press 
and information service in the USA and press counsellor at the 
Austrian mission to the United Nations Organisation, New York; 1992-94 
envoy extraordinary in the Foreign Ministry, Vienna; from 1994 head of 
the "Information on Europe" department in the Federal 
Chancellery, 1995-97 head of the Chief Executive Office - 
"International Relations" of the City of Vienna; 1997-99 Austrian 
Ambassador to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, since 1999 High Representative of 
the European Union for Bosnia-Herzegovina.

!Works
Kosovo Kosova, 1999 (co-ed.); B. Kreisky, 2000.


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