Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria
On 6 December 2021, H.E. Alexander Schallenberg was appointed Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria. Alexander Schallenberg was born on 20 June 1969. From 1989 - 1994 he studied law at the University of Vienna and at the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He also holds a degree in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges. Alexander Schallenberg joined the diplomatic service of the Republic of Austria in 1997. He held various functions in the diplomatic service of the Republic of Austria including head of the Strategic Foreign Policy Planning Unit and head of the EU Affairs Section. In June 2019, Alexander Schallenberg was appointed Foreign Minister. From January 2020, Alexander Schallenberg was Federal Minister for European and International Affairs in the Second Government of Sebastian Kurz until he assumed the office of Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria on 11 October 2021.