Alexander Schallenberg


Alexander Schallenberg is an Austrian diplomat, jurist and independent politician, serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2019.

Life and career

Schallenberg was born in 1969 in Bern. As son of an Austrian ambassador he was raised in India, Spain and Paris. From 1989 to 1994 he studied law at the University of Vienna and the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas. After his graduation he continued his studies at the College of Europe until 1995. In 1997 he entered Austria's foreign ministry.
On 3 June 2019 he succeeded Karin Kneissl as foreign minister of Austria, he maintained his position as part of the Second Kurz cabinet, which was sworn in on January 7 2020, where he got nominated by ÖVP.