About Us

The Australian Embassy in Vienna and Permanent Mission to the UN is accredited to Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, and to the International Organisations in Vienna.

 

Head of Mission

Ambassador Mr Ian Biggs commenced his appointment on 22 May 2023. Mr Ian Biggs is the Australian Ambassador to Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic. Mr Biggs is Australia's Resident Representative and Governor to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Australia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna, as well as to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) Preparatory Commission.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Embassy Contact Details

For Embassy office hours, contact details of the Australian Consulate Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canadian Embassy Budapest, Australian Consulate Slovenia, and 24-hour consular emergency service, please refer to the Contact us page.

Embassy Public Holidays and Office Closures

The Embassy observes the following list of public holidays and will be closed on these dates:

2024

Monday, 1 January - New Year's Day
Monday, 11 March - Canberra Day
Friday, 29 March - Good Friday
Monday, 1 April - Easter Monday
Wednesday, 1 May - Labour Day
Thursday, 9 May - Ascension
Monday, 20 May - Whit Monday
Thursday, 30 May - Corpus Christi
Thursday, 15 August - Assumption
Monday, 28 October - Austrian National Day (in lieu)
Friday, 1 November - All Saints Day
Monday, 9 December - Immaculate Conception (in lieu)
Wednesday, 25 December - Christmas Day
Thursday, 26 December - Boxing Day

 

2025

Wednesday, 1 January - New Year's Day
Monday, 6 January - Epiphany
Friday, 14 April - Good Friday
Monday, 21 April - Easter Monday
Thursday, 1 May - Labour Day
Thursday, 29 May - Ascension
Monday, 9 June - Whit Monday
Thursday, 19 June - Corpus Christi
Friday, 15 August - Assumption
Monday, 27 October - Austrian National Day (in lieu)
Monday, 8 December - Immaculate Conception 
Wednesday, 24 December - Christmas Eve
Thursday, 25 December - Christmas Eve
Friday, 26 December - Boxing Day

 

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