Josef Magerl

H.E. Mr Josef Magerl is an Austrian diplomat.

Dr. Magerl is the Permanent Representative of Austria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. He presented his credentials to Director-General José Maurício Bustani on 31 August 2000.

Before his current posting as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands and to Luxembourg, Mr Magerl served as the Head of the Department for Asia and Australia at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 1989 to 1996. Since entering the Austrian foreign service in 1966 Dr Magerl has served Austria as a diplomat in the former USSR, the former Yugoslavia, Belgium, and the Syrian Arab Republic. Ambassador Magerl has a PhD in law from the University of Vienna in Austria.

Represented Austrian Citizens who took part in the European Citizens' Consultations, an event where the European Citizens' Perspectives on the future of Europe where represented.

References

*http://www.european-citizens-consultations.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/ECC_Fin_Con_Media/ECC_Fin_Con_Perspectives_FINAL_1_.pdf
*http://www.opcw.org/na_infopack/6_reports/Synthesis/synthesis_three/p_thirtyfive_thirtysix_thirtyseven.htm