Ambassador of European Union to Montenegro Johann Sattler presents credentials to President of Montenegro
On Thursday, 5 September 2024, the newly appointed Ambassador of the European Union to Montenegro, Johan Sattler, presented his diplomatic credentials to the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Cetinje.
Ambassador Sattler was appointed as the Ambassador of the European Union to Montenegro by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, as part of the regular rotation of the Heads of the Delegation of the EU.
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Following the presentation of his letter of credentials, Ambassador Sattler stated: "It is an honour to represent the European Union in such an extraordinary country. My team and I will do everything in our power to assist Montenegro in seizing this historic opportunity and making decisive progress on its path to the EU."
Biography
Ambassador Johann Sattler has been serving as the European Union’s Ambassador to Montenegro since 1 September 2024. Previously, he worked as Head of the EU Delegation and European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He graduated from Innsbruck University in 1994 with a Master’s in Political Science and Slavic Languages and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced International Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. He completed his PhD in Political Science at the University of Vienna in 2008. Throughout his career, including his more recent experience as Austrian Ambassador to Albania, Ambassador Sattler has had a particular focus on the Western Balkans.
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In 1996, he joined the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the Human Rights Department. In 1997, he joined the European Community Monitoring Mission, where he was posted to Sarajevo and Tirana. He also served as Head of the Western Balkans Unit within the Directorate for Eastern/South Eastern Europe at the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. He took up ambassadorial duties in Albania in 2016. Apart from native German, Ambassador Sattler is fluent in English, French, and Russian, and proficient in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian and Albanian.
