Albert Rohan was born in Melk, Lower Austria.

He attended the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium 1961-62 (Gottfried Leibniz Promotion),[2] and joined the Austrian diplomatic service in 1963.

He was Director of the Department for International Organisations in the Austrian foreign ministry 1982–85, Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay 1985–89, Director of the Department for Central-, East- and South-East Europe 1990–95, Deputy Director-General for Political Affairs 1993–95, National Coordinator for the Central European Initiative 1994-95 and Secretary General for Foreign Affairs (equivalent to Permanent Secretary in the UK civil service) 1996–2001.

He was appointed United Nations Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Future Status Process for Kosovo in 2005.

As he had no children, upon his death in late 2019, the titles went to his 3rd cousin-once-removed Charles Raoul, Duke of Bouillon and Montbazon (b.