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Kamikaze diplomat

By Edward Steen  -  14.05.2009 / 05:00 CET
Valentin Inzko caps his career with a difficult posting as the UN and EU's representative in Bosnia.

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Curriculum Vitae

1949: Born, Klagenfurt, Austria
1972: Degree in law, Serbo-Croatian and Russian studies, Graz University
1972-74: Diplomatic Academy, Vienna
1974-80: Deputy director, United Nations Development Programme, Mongolia and Sri Lanka
1982-86: Press and cultural attaché, Austrian embassy, Belgrade
1986-89: Austria's UN representative, New York
1989-90: Deputy head of information, Austrian foreign ministry
1990-96: Austrian ambassador to Serbia
1999-2005: Head of Balkans department, Austrian foreign ministry, Vienna
2005-09: Austrian ambassador to Slovenia
2009-: United Nations high representative and EU special
representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina

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