Friedrich Hoess
 Friedrich Hoess    (diplomat) | |
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| Born | 7 October 1932 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 5 January 2007 (Age 74) Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Party | Austrian People's Party |
Austrian diplomat who attended Bilderberg/1988 as Austrian Ambassador to the United States.
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Friedrich (Fritz) Hoess was an Austrian diplomat and politician. "As a devout Catholic, a conservative humanist with social commitment, a gifted networker, a keen analyst with a deep sense of history and a great patriot, his vision was a strong, united Europe in close partnership with the USA." He was very close to Karel Schwarzenberg.[1]
He attended the 1988 Bilderberg meeting as Austrian ambassador to the United States.
Education
Hoess attended the Humanistic Gymnasium in Vienna. He then studied law at the University of Vienna and graduated with a doctorate in Law. Since 1953 he was a member of the Catholic student association K.Ö.St.V. Nibelungia Vienna.[2]
Career
In 1956 he started working in the Department of Trade Policy and Foreign Trade in the Federal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 1957 he joined the service of the Federal Chancellery, where he was employed in the Economic Coordination section. He was then economic attaché at the Austrian Embassy in Washington from 1958 to 1960 and was then employed in Austria from 1960 to 1965.[2]
Between the years 1965 and 1967, Hoess worked in the field of press and culture at the Austrian Embassy in Tel Aviv, after which he was employed in the cabinet of Chancellor Josef Klaus from 1968 to 1970. He then took over the function of Consul General and head of the Austrian delegation in divided Berlin from 1971 to 1974 and was ambassador to Australia from 1975 to 1979, where he was also co-accredited for New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.[2]
Hoess represented the ÖVP as a Styrian member of Federal Council (parliament) between 1 January 1983 and 15 November 1987. He was also a member of the Austrian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 1986.[2]
Between 1979 and 1981, Hoess worked as Head of Department II/6 (International Atomic Energy Affairs and Council of Europe) of the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs and was the permanent Representative of Austria to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Hoess was Ambassador to the United States from 1987 to 1992 and ambassador to West Germany from 1993 to 1997. He then worked as a foreign policy advisor to the Federation of Austrian Industries.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1988 | 3 June 1988 | 5 June 1988 | Austria Interalpen-Hotel Telfs-Buchen | The 36th meeting, 114 participants |
