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Interview with martin eichtinger
Martin Eichtinger (born April 5, 1961 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian diplomat and lawyer.
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Life and career
Martin Eichtinger graduated in Law from the University of Graz in 1983 and afterwards went on to acquire a diploma in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins University. He joined the Austrian Diplomatic service in 1986 and had his first posting at the Austrian Embassy in Mexico City in 1987 as a trainee.
He worked in the Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, occupying positions both in the Department for European Affairs and as Personal Secretary to the Foreign Minister, Alois Mock. In 1992 he took office as Director of the Austrian Press and Information Service and Press Counsellor in the Embassy in Washington DC, where he served for seven years.
Upon return to Vienna, he accepted a position as the Federation of Industry’s Director for International Affairs. During the following three years he had two extraordinary assignments: as Head of Office of the Special Representative for Payments to former forced and slave labourers of the Nazi regime and as a project manager for a pulp and paper factory in Syktyvkar, Russia, which had been acquired by an Austrian company. Starting in 2003 he served as Chief of Staff in the Cabinet of the Federal Minister of Economics and Labour, Martin Bartenstein, becoming Secretary General in this Ministry just four years later.
From 2007 to 2010 he served as Austrian Ambassador to Romania and Moldova, and in 2015 he became Director General for Cultural Policy for the Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs. Since January 19, 2015 Martin Eichtinger serves as Austrian Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Personal life
Martin Eichtinger is married with two children.