Peter Huber (diplomat)

Peter Huber (born 16 October 1967) is an Austrian diplomat who has been serving as the Ambassador of Austria to Germany since December 2017.

Early life
Born on 16 October 1967 in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria, Peter Huber attended a federal high school in St. Johann in Tirol. From 1987 to 1992, he read law at the University of Innsbruck. After that, he spent 2 years at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna as a participant of the 29th diploma course. From 1994 to 1995, he was pursuing his Master of Laws for a year at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States. In 1995, he received his doctorate in law from the University of Innsbruck.

Diplomatic career

 * January 1996: Joined the diplomatic service and was assigned to the legal and consular section of the Citizens Service
 * September 1996: Transferred to the International Organizations Department
 * March 1997: Dispatched to the Austrian permanent representation to the United Nations
 * October 1997: Moved back to the International Organizations Department
 * August 1999: Sent to the Austrian permanent representation to the UN and promoted to Counsellor
 * September 2002: Became Counselor in the Austrian Embassy in Paris
 * March 2005: Returned to the International Organizations department
 * November 2005: Appointed as deputy head of the International Organizations department
 * August 2008: Head of the International Organizations department
 * April 2011: Head of office of the State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry Wolfgang Waldner
 * September 2012: Head of office of the State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry Reinhold Lopatka
 * January 2014: Austrian Ambassador in Madrid and dually accredited in Andorra
 * December 2017: Austrian Ambassador in Berlin