List of ambassadors of Austria to Cuba
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The following is a list of Austrian ambassadors of the Republic of Austria in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Austrian Embassy in Caracas was dissolved in August 2018 and the area of responsibility was taken over by the Austrian Embassy in Havana, Cuba.
| Ambassador of Austria to Cuba | |
|---|---|
| |
Incumbent since December 2022Gabriele Méon-Tschürtz | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Formation | 1964 |
History
In 1895, Johann Friedrich Berndes was the Austro-Hungarian Consul General in Havana. In the 1950s and 1960s, the ambassadors in Mexico City were also accredited to the governments in Havana. The Austrian embassy in Havana was opened in 1978 with Peter Hohenfellner as head of the mission.[1]
As of 2018, the embassy is also responsible for Antigua and Barbuda,[2] Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis,[3] St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[4][5]
The current ambassador presented her credentials to President and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel on 12 January 2023, along with the ambassadors of Greece, Colombia, Syria, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Jamaica, Order of Malta, Malta and Gambia.[6]
Austrian ambassadors
| Name | Term Start | Term End | Appointed by | First Secretary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Hohenfellner | 1978 | 1981 | Bruno Kreisky | Fidel Castro | Later Ambassador in Beirut; Representative to the UN Security Council; President of the UN Security Council |
| Elmar Gamper | 1982 | 1985 | Bruno Kreisky | Fidel Castro | |
| Christoph Parisini | 1987 | 1990 | Fred Sinowatz | Fidel Castro | Born 1939 |
| Yuri Standenat | 1994 | 1999 | Franz Vranitzky | Fidel Castro | Later Ambassador in Buenos Aires |
| Helga Konrad | 2000 | 2005 | Wolfgang Schüssel | Fidel Castro | |
| Johannes Skriwan | 2006 | 2010 | Wolfgang Schüssel | Fidel Castro | |
| Andreas Rendl | 2010 | 2014 | Werner Faymann | Raúl Castro | Born 1964 |
| Gerlinde Paschinger | 2014 | 2014 | Werner Faymann | Raúl Castro | |
| Stefan Weidinger | 2018 | 2022 | Sebastian Kurz | Raúl Castro | Born 1957 |
| Gabriele Méon-Tschürtz | 2022 | Incumbent | Alexander Schallenberg | Miguel Díaz-Canel | Born 1962[7] |