Eva Nowotny (born 17 February 1944 in
Vienna
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) is chair of the Board of the
University of Vienna
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. She has been Austrian ambassador to
France
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(1992–1997), to the
Court of St. James's
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(
United Kingdom
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) (1997–1999), and to the United States. From 1983 to 1992, Nowotny served as foreign policy advisor to the Austrian chancellors Fred Sinowatz and Franz Vranitzky. She was an assistant professor at the
University of Vienna
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from 1969 to 1973. Eva Nowotny is married to Thomas Nowotny, a retired diplomat, author and lecturer on international relations. She is a member of the Advisory Council of
Independent Diplomat
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. She has one daughter and two grandchildren.
On 25 January 2008 she rang the
NASDAQ
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opening bell in celebration of the
Viennese Opera Ball in New York.
Notes and references
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Biographical page
1944 births
Living people
Ambassadors of Austria to the United States
Ambassadors of Austria to the United Kingdom
Ambassadors of Austria to France
Austrian people of Czech descent
Diplomats from Vienna
Austrian women ambassadors
Academic staff of the University of Vienna
20th-century Austrian people
20th-century Austrian women
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