SG/A/956
BIO/3715
16 November 2005
Biographical Note
Secretary-General Appoints Albert Rohan of Austria as Deputy to Special Envoy for Future Status Process for Kosovo
NEW YORK, 15 November (UN Headquarters) -- 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
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1960/61 |
Insurance Company "Le Monde", Paris, France |
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1961/62 |
College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium |
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1963 |
Entry into the Austrian Diplomatic Service |
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1963-66 |
Multilateral Economic Department |
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1966-68 |
Embassy Belgrade |
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1969-75 |
Embassy London |
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1975/76 |
Multilateral Economic Department |
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1977-81 |
Director, Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General, New York, United States |
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1982-85 |
Director, Department for International Organizations |
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1985-89 |
Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay |
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1990-95 |
Director, Department for Central-, East- and South-East Europe |
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1993-95 |
Deputy Director-General for Political Affairs |
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1994/95 |
National Coordinator for the Central European Initiative |
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1996-2001 |
Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs |
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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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