Friedrich Hoess

From Wikispooks
Revision as of 00:43, 1 July 2024 by Terje (talk | contribs) (unstub)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Person.png Friedrich Hoess  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat)
Friedrich Hoess Parlament Österreich.png
Born7 October 1932
Vienna, Austria
Died5 January 2007 (Age 74)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
ReligionCatholic
PartyAustrian People's Party

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

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/19883 June 19885 June 1988Austria
Interalpen-Hotel
Telfs-Buchen
The 36th meeting, 114 participants
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


References