SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ALBERT ROHAN OF AUSTRIA AS DEPUTY TO SPECIAL ENVOY FOR FUTURE STATUS PROCESS FOR KOSOVO

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ALBERT ROHAN OF AUSTRIA AS DEPUTY

TO SPECIAL ENVOY FOR FUTURE STATUS PROCESS FOR KOSOVO

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Albert Rohan, the former Secretary-General of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as deputy to Martti Ahtisaari, Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo.  The appointment was approved by the Security Council on 10 November and will be effective as of that date.

Mr. Rohan’s biographical details follow:

Born on 9 May 1936 in Melk, Austria, Roman Catholic, married

Secondary School in Salzburg and Feldkirch, Austria, and Vannes, France

Legal studies in Vienna and Graz, Austria:  1960 Doctor of Law

1960/61	Insurance Company “Le Monde”, Paris, France
1961/62	College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium
1963	Entry into the Austrian Diplomatic Service
1963-66	Multilateral Economic Department
1966-68	Embassy Belgrade
1969-75	Embassy London
1975/76	Multilateral Economic Department
1977-81	Director, Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General, New York, United States
1982-85	Director, Department for International Organizations
1985-89	Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
1990-95	Director, Department for Central-, East- and South-East Europe
1993-95	Deputy Director-General for Political Affairs
1994/95	National Coordinator for the Central European Initiative
1996-2001	Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs
2004	Rapporteur of the Independent Commission on Turkey

At present Ambassador Rohan works as a lecturer and as a political commentator for radio, television and print media.  He is author of the book Diplomat on the Fringes of World Politics, Molden, October 2002.

He lectures on developments in the Balkans, the situation in the Middle East, transatlantic relations and European affairs at universities in Princeton, Toronto, Ottawa, Budapest, Krakow and Vienna; the Council for Foreign Relations, New York; the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.; The Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London; foreign policy associations in Berlin, Munich, Ljubljana and Vienna; EURAC Bolzano; Clingendael Institute, The Hague; PANEUROPA Movement in Vienna and Innsbruck; UN Association of Austria; and Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), Paris.

Languages:  German, English, French, Spanish.

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