Waldheim, Kurt

1918 - Born on the 21st of December at Sankt Andra-Wordern, Austria.

1936 - He attended the Vienna Consular Academy.

1944 - He graduated from the University of Vienna as a Doctor of Jurisprudence.

1945 - He joined the Austrian diplomatic service.

1948 - He served as First Secretary of the Legation in Paris.

1951 - He was head of the personnel department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Vienna.

1955 - He was appointed Permanent Observer for Austria to the United Nations.

1956 - Represented Austria in Canada as Minister Plenipotentiary.

1960 - He was head of the Political Department (West) in the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

1964 - He was Chairman of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

1968 - He was elected President of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful

Uses of Outer Space.

       - Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria.

1970 - He again became the Austrian Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

1971 - One of the two candidates for the Federal Presidency of Austria.

1973 - Addressed the Conference on European Security and Co-operation in Helsink.

1985 - Wrote autobiographies "In the Eye of the Storm".