# List of ambassadors of Austria to Mexico

The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Mexico is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in Mexico. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the President and the Federal government of Mexico. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Mexico City.

## History

The governments of Antonio López de Santa Anna and Emperor Ferdinand I recognized each other in 1842. On 10 April 1864, Archduke Maximilian, the younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, accepted the imperial crown offered to him by Mexico. Franz Joseph I sent Guido von Thun und Hohenstein to Maximilian I and, thus, recognized his government. Maximilian's government was subsequently overthrown, and Maximilian himself was sentenced to death by court martial and executed in 1867. There were no diplomatic relations for more than 30 years.
Following an agreement between Austria-Hungary and Mexico on 23 March 1901, diplomatic relations were resumed.
During the Federal State dictatorship under Kurt Schuschnigg, there was only an embassy without an ambassador; with the "Anschluss" by Nazi Germany on 13 March 1938, the representation became obsolete. Mexico was then the only state in the world to officially condemn the annexation of Austria before the League of Nations; in 1956, Vienna named its Mexikoplatz in gratitude for this.
After the war, diplomatic relations were restored and the embassy was reoccupied in 1949. From the 1950s onwards, the ambassador to Mexico was also accredited to Cuba and the Central American republics (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama).

### Austrian Embassy, Mexico

The Austrian Embassy is now located at Sierra Tarahumara 420, colonia Lomas de Chapultepec district. The embassy also houses the Mexican Cultural Forum.
In addition to the embassy, there are four consular representations (honorary consulates) of Austria in Mexico: Cancún, Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Tijuana. The consulate in Mérida is temporarily closed (as of January 2020).

## List of Austrian envoys and ambassadors

| Appointment/ Accreditation | Name | Comments | Appointed by | Accredited by the government | Left post |
| 3 September 1864 | Guido von Thun und Hohenstein | 1868–1869 Ambassador to Prussia | Franz Joseph I (Austrian Empire) | Maximilian I | 1866 |
| 1 January 1867 | Eduard von Lago | Chargé d'Affaires | Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) | Maximilian I | 18 June 1867 |
| 18 June 1901 | Gilbert von Hohenwart zu Gerlachstein | | Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) | Porfirio Díaz | 10 September 1905 |
| 23 October 1906 | Karl von Giskra | 1906 / 1907 also ambassador to Chile; 1909 ambassador to Bulgaria | Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) | Porfirio Díaz | 21 March 1909 |
| 21 March 1909 | Maximilian Hadik von Futak | | Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) | Francisco León de la Barra | 30 June 1911 |
| 30 June 1911 | Franz Riedl von Riedenau | Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary) | | Victoriano Huerta | 1 October 1913 |
| 15 October 1913 | Koloman von Kánya | Official residence was 2a Calle de Orizaba 42; 1925–1933 Hungarian ambassador in Berlin, from 1933 Hungarian Foreign Minister | Franz Joseph I | Victoriano Huerta | 11 November 1918 |
| 13 May 1930 | Edgar Leo Gustav Prochnik | Chargé d'Affaires, simultaneously accredited to the United States | Wilhelm Miklas | Pascual Ortiz Rubio | 13 March 1938 ("Anschluss" by Nazi Germany) |
| 1949 | Wolfgang Höller | from 1951 onwards at the Trade Mission to Mexico | Karl Renner | Miguel Alemán Valdés | 1955 |
| 1955 | Rudolf Baumann | | Theodor Körner | Adolfo Ruiz Cortines | 1961 |
| 7 June 1961 | Erich Filz | | Adolf Schärf | Adolfo López Mateos | 11 February 1966 |
| 15 February 1966 | Hans Thalberg | | Franz Jonas | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | 8 November 1971 |
| 2 October 1972 | Eugen Buresch | | Franz Jonas | Luis Echeverría Álvarez | 27 August 1977 |
| 1977 | Alfred Missong jun. | | Rudolf Kirchschläger | | 1982 |
| 26 February 1982 | Heimo Kellner | | Rudolf Kirchschläger | Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado | 1987 |
| 1988 | Klaus Daublebsky | | Kurt Waldheim | | 1994 |
| 1994 | Kurt Hengl | | Thomas Klestil | | 1997 |
| 1997 | Helga Winkler-Campagna | | Thomas Klestil | | 2000 |
| 2001 | Rudolf Lennkh | | Thomas Klestil | Vicente Fox Quesada | 2005 |
| 2005 | Johannes Druml | | Heinz Fischer | | 2009 |
| 2009 | Alfred Längle | | Heinz Fischer | Felipe Calderón Hinojosa | 2014 |
| 14 February 2014 | Eva Hager | | Heinz Fischer | Enrique Peña Nieto | 2017 |
| November 2017 | Franz Josef Kuglitsch | | Alexander Van der Bellen | Enrique Peña Nieto | 2021 |
| February 2021 | Elisabeth Kehrer | | Alexander Van der Bellen | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | |