Elfi Seitz
Longtime United Nations diplomat Enno Drofenik has succeeded Johannes
Peterlik as Austria’s ambassador to Thailand.
Austrian Ambassador Enno
Drofenik.
Drofenik, 42, presented his credentials to Thai officials
Aug. 21 and is now on the job at the Bangkok embassy. He also is Austria’s
representative in Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.
A native of Dießhübel, Drofenik spent most of his professional career with
Austria’s permanent mission to the United Nations, working in Tokyo, where
he met his wife Juri, and New York in 2005. In 2006, he returned to Vienna
for a posting at the Federal Ministry for European and International
Affairs. In 2009, he became a member of the Supervisory Board of the
Austrian Development Agency.
Drofenik graduated from the University of Vienna with a master’s degree in
law. He speaks English, French, Spanish, Japanese and German.
The ambassador carries the Grand Officer Cross of the Sovereign Order of
Malta and likely will make his first public appearances at national day
celebrations at the end of October.
