Johann Sattler

Johann Sattler (born 1969) is an Austrian diplomat. Since September 2019, he has been serving as the EU Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Johann Sattler
Sattler in 2021
EU Ambassador and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Assumed office
1 September 2019[1]
Preceded byLars-Gunnar Wigemark
Personal details
Born1969 (age 53–54)

Biography

Sattler studied Political Science and Slavic Studies at the Universities of Innsbruck, Prague and Moscow. In 1996, he graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and joined the foreign service of the Republic of Austria. From 1997 to 1998, he worked as a political officer in Sarajevo and Tirana for the European Community Monitoring Mission (ECMM).[2]

He then occupied various diplomatic posts such as Cabinet Member of the EU Special Representative for South Eastern Europe (Stability Pact) in Brussels (1999–2002), Counselor for Political Affairs at the Austrian Embassy in Washington (2002–2006) and Deputy Head of the Secretary General's Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006–2008).[2]

In 2008 he received his doctorate in political science from the University of Vienna.[2]

From 2008 to 2013, Sattler was Managing Director and Publisher for Funke Mediengruppe and Axel Springer in Moscow. He then headed the Western Balkans Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vienna for three years. In 2016, he was appointed Austrian ambassador to Albania.[2]

In September 2019, Sattler succeeded Lars-Gunnar Wigemark as EU Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. [3]

References
  1. "Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1340 of 8 August 2019 appointing the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina". 9 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. CV, EU Council
  3. EWB
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