Wolfgang Petritsch High Representative since August 1999 Curriculum Vitae born on 26 August 1947 in Klagenfurt, Austria 1972 Ph.D. Southeastern European History, University of Vienna 1972-1973 Fulbright scholarship, University of Southern California, L.A., USA 1977-1983 Adviser, Press Secretary of the Austrian Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky 1983-1984 Austrian Mission to OECD, Paris 1984-1992 Head of Austrian Press and Information Service, New York 1992-1994 Acting Head of the Department for Multilateral Economic Co-operation in the Austrian MFA 1994 Head of Department for Information on European Affairs in the Federal Chancellery (supervised the Federal Government's information campaign on Austria's accession to the EU). 1995-1997 Head of Department for International Relations of the City of Vienna Sept.1997-Jul.1999 Austrian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Oct.1998-Jul.1999 EU Special Envoy for Kosovo February-March 1999 EU Chief Negotiator at the Kosovo peace talks in Rambouillet and Paris Since August 1999 The High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Wolfgang Petritsch has published extensively on foreign and domestic policy issues. Most recently he co-authored the book 'Kosovo-Kosova. Mythen, Daten, Fakten.' His latest book is "Bosnien und Herzegowina fünf Jahre nach Dayton - Hat der Friede eine Chance?" Office of the High Representative