Austria’s new ambassador to the Republic of Serbia studied law at the universities of Vienna and Salzburg, before becoming Assistant Professor of International Law and International Relations at the University of Vienna from the year 2000 to ‘04.
He joined the Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs in 2004, serving initially in the Office of Legal Affairs (2004- ’05) and then as Head of Office of the State Secretary at the ministry (2005-’07). His first overseas posting saw him appointed Deputy Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations in New York (2007-‘11), after which he was named as an ambassador and served as Deputy Representative of Austria to the United Nations Security Council (2009-’10).
Following advisory roles – firstly as Advisor to the Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Minister for European and International Affairs (2011- ’13) and then as Advisor to the Austrian Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (2013-’14) – he was appointed as Ambassador and Head of Cabinet of the Austrian Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs from 2015-’17. Prior to his arrival in Belgrade in 2022, he was based in Madrid from 2018 and served as Austrian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality Andorra and as Permanent Representative of Austria to the World Tourism Organization. Ambassador Ebner is a married father of two children.
