Between 1990 and 1996, he worked as the cultural attache at the Austrian embassy in the Czech Republic, and between 1996 and 1999, he was the Austrian ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
С 1990 по 1996 год работал атташе по культуре посольства Австрии в Чешской Республике, а с 1996 по 1999 год австрийским послом в Боснии и Герцеговине.