Michael Reiterer (1985) has been nominated EU-Ambassador to the Republic of Korea in Seoul. 

Mr Reiterer, who holds diplomas in international relations from the Graduate Institute and the Johns Hopkins University/Bologna Center, previously served as Principal Advisor at the Asia and Pacific Department, European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels; as EU-Ambassador to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein (2007-2011), Minister/Deputy Head of the EU-Delegation to Japan (2002-2006) and ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting) Counselor (1998-2002).

Before joining the EU in 1998 he was Minister-Counselor at the Austrian Permanent Representation to the EU/Brussels, Counselor at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the GATT, Co-chair of the Joint Experts Group at the OECD on trade and environment, WTO-panelist, Deputy Director General for European Integration and Trade Policy at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber as well as Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner to West Africa and Japan.

In 2005, he was appointed adjunct professor for international politics at the University of Innsbruck. Time permitting, he continues to teach at various universities and specialises in EU foreign policy, EU-Asia relations and interregionalism, areas in which he has published extensively.