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

  1. ↑ "An Old Washington Mansion" by Maud Burr Morris, 1917
  2. ↑ Katz, Irving (1968). August Belmont; a political biography. New York/London: Columbia University Press.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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

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