List of ambassadors of Austria to the Netherlands
Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
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Incumbent since 2020Astrid Harz | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Austria, The Hague | |
Style | Her Excellency |
Website | Austrian Embassy, The Hague |
The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Netherlands is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the Prime Minister and the government of the Netherlands. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in The Hague.[1]
Heads of Mission

Appointed / Accredited | Name | Title / Notes | Appointed during | Accredited during | Left post |
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1658 | Jean Friquet | Leopold I | Johan de Witt | 1667 | |
1667 | Daniel Johannes Kramprich von Kronenfeld | [2] | 1693 | ||
1693 | Heinrich Johann Franz von Stratmann | William III | 1696 | ||
1698 | Leopold Wilhelm von Auersperg | 1707 | |||
1707 (auch: 1698)[3] | Johann Peter von Goess | [4] | 1708 | ||
1707 | Arnold von Heems | [5][6] | Joseph I | States General | 1718 |
1709 | Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf | Extraordinary Representative[5] | 1712 | ||
1711 | Johann Wenzel von Gallas | Charles VI | 1714 | ||
1719 | Leopold Johann Victorin von Windisch-Graetz | 1725 | |||
1721 | Christoph Anton Siegmann | 1741 | |||
1725 | Karl von Königsegg-Erbs | 1728 | |||
1728 | Franz Wenzel von Sinzendorff | 1733 | |||
1733 | Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt | 1739 | |||
1739 | Andreas Johannes Halloy | 1725 | |||
1741 | Thaddäus von Reischach | Maria Theresia | 1782 | ||
1748 | Philipp Josef von Orsini-Rosenberg | 1748 | |||
1782 | Franz von Reischach | Joseph II | William V | 1786 | |
1787 | Karl von Merode Westerloo | 1790 | |||
1790 | Johann Rudolf von Buol-Schauenstein | Chargé d'Affaires | 1791 | ||
1791 | Ludwig von Starhemberg | Leopold II | 1793 | ||
1793 | Bernhard von Pelser | Chargé d'Affaires of the Batavian Republic | Francis II | Batavian Republic | 1795 |
1802 | Wilhelm von Feltz | Kingdom of Holland | Kingdom of Holland | 1805 | |
1806 | Johann Baptist Provost | Chargé d'Affaires | Louis Bonaparte | 1808 | |
1810 | Wilhelm von Feltz | 1808 | |||
1808 | Johann Baptist Provost | Chargé d'Affaires of the Netherlands | 1809 | ||
1814 | Johann Baptist Provost | Chargé d'Affaires | William I | 1815 | |
1815 | Franz Binder von Krieglstein | 1820 | |||
1820 | Felix von Mier | 1830 | |||
1830 | Johann von Wessenberg | 1835 | |||
1835 | Johann Hieronymus von Allegri | Chargé d'Affaires | Ferdinand I | 1837 | |
1837 | Friedrich Christian Senfft von Pilsach | 1843 | |||
1843 | Franz Sebastian Dominicus von Leykam | Chargé d'Affaires | 1845 | ||
1845 | Moritz Esterházy de Galantha | William II | 1848 | ||
1849 | Anton von Doblhoff-Dier | Franz Joseph I. | Johan Rudolf Thorbecke | 1858 | |
1859 | Ferdinand von Langenau | Jan Jacob Rochussen | 1871 | ||
1872 | Heinrich Karl von Haymerle | Gerrit de Vries | 1877 | ||
1877 | Rudolf von Mülinen | Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello | 1888 | ||
1888 | Otto von Walterskirchen | Aeneas Mackay Jr. | 1894 | ||
1894 | Alexander Okolicsányi von Okolicsna | Joan Röell | 1905 | ||
1905 | Otto zu Brandis | Theo de Meester | 1907 | ||
1908 | Christoph von Wydenbruck | Theo Heemskerk | 1911 | ||
1911 | Karl von Giskra | 1917 | |||
1917 | Ludwig Széchényi von Sárvár und Felsövidék | Charles I | Pieter Cort van der Linden | 1918 | |
1919 | Otto von Franz | Karl Renner | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | 1920 | |
1946 | Robert Friedinger Pranter | Leopold Figl | Louis Beel | 1950 | |
1950 | Rudolf Seemann | Willem Drees | 1954 | ||
1954 | Erich Filz | Julius Raab | 1955 | ||
1955 | Carl Wildmann | 1956 | |||
1956 | Georg Afuhs | 1964 | |||
1965 | Claus Winterstein | Josef Klaus | Jo Cals | 1968 | |
1968 | Johannes Coreth | Head of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna (1977–1978) | Piet de Jong | 1978 | |
1999 | Alexander Christiani | Viktor Klima | Wim Kok | 2000 | |
2004 | Erwin Kubesch | Wolfgang Schüssel | 2008 | ||
2008 | Wolfgang Paul | Werner Faymann | Jan Peter Balkenende | 2012 | |
2012 | Werner Druml | Mark Rutte | 2016 | ||
2017 | Heidemaria Gürer | Christian Kern | 2020 | ||
2020 | Astrid Harz | Sebastian Kurz |
See also
References
- ^ Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "Österreichische Botschaft Den Haag". www.bmeia.gv.at (in Austrian German). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Volker Jarren: Macht- und Konfessionspolitik in der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Die Berichte des kaiserlichen Gesandten Johann Daniel Kramprich von Kronenfeld über die Lage der Katholiken und katholischen Ordensgeistlichen in den Vereinigten Niederlanden 1667 bis 1693. Münster 1995
- ^ Österreichische staatsverträg, Band 1, S.37
- ^ Constantin von Wurzbach: "Goëß, Johann Peter Graf." In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (Biographical Lexicon of the Empire of Austria). Part 5 Verlag der typogr.-literar.-artist. Anstalt (L. C. Zamarski & C. Dittmarsch.), Vienna 1859, p. 245 (digitalised).
- ^ a b Österreichische staatsverträge: Niederlande ... Bearb. von Heinrich ritter von Srbik (in German). A. Holzhausen. 1912. p. 381. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Ludovici, Gottfried (1728). D. Gottfried Ludwigs, Direct. und Prof. Theol. in Coburg, Universal-Historie Dritter Theil: Worinnen Die Kirchen- Politische und Gelehrte Historie des achtzehenden Seculi ausführlich abgehandelt wird (in German). Bey Friedrich Lanckischen Erben. p. 110. Retrieved 31 July 2024.