Ursula Plassnik (* 23. May 1956 in complaint ford) is a Austrian politician of the and federal minister for foreign affairs.

Ursula Plassnik buildup in a social-democratically coined/shaped Klagenfurter teacher family, visited the High School in complaint ford and spent the school year 1971/72 as an exchange pupil to the Highschool in Foxcroft, Virginia, the USA. On 3 July 1978 it attained a doctorate to the Dr. iur. at the University of Vienna. As a post office Graduate student it studied d'Europe in at the She worked vocationally first as a scientific auxiliary worker on Institut for Roman right and antique historical jurisprudence, afterwards she completed her court year. After a bank practical course in the legal department of the Creditanstalt it was active starting from 1981 in different functions for the Austrian State Department:

• 1981-83: Austrian KSZE delegations to the Madrider subsequent meeting
• 1984-86: Austrian message Berne
• 1986-87: Austrian KSZE delegations the Viennese subsequent meeting
• 1987-90: Austrian agency in the Council of Europe
• 1990-1993: EFTA secretariat, Geneva
• 1994: Management of the pc. Galler donation for international studies
• November 1994: Federal Ministry for foreign affairs, politico-economic section and European Union co-ordination, last chief of the department of advice general affairs and European advice.

When it cooperated in that staff, that was entrusted with the preparations for the Austrian European Union presidency, her begun with Wolfgang dish admits and from this starting from 1 July 1997 as a cabinet boss of the vice-chancellor. Up to then Plassnik was considered as politically neutral or rather the intimate. In the year 2000 Plassnik should have become constant representative at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, remained however then nevertheless in Vienna, in order to support dish, although it is to have been very sceptical in relation to the FP– coalition. Plassnik was until 15 January 2004 cabinet boss of the Federal Chancellor; then it changed as a Austrian ambassador into Switzerland. On 18 October 2004 she was suggested by the Bundesparteivorstand as a successor of Benita Ferrero Waldner and angelobt on 20 October as a Austrian Foreign Minister. The joined it only few days before it officially.

At the otherwise rather medium-shy Foreign Minister its above average body size of 190 centimeters is remarkable. Thus it towers above most of its colleagues from the cabinet by far.

See also:

• Austrian minister of foreign affairs would list

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