Emil Brix

From 1984 to 1986, he was a secretary of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), and from 1986 to 1989, he worked in the office of the federal minister for science and research, Hans Tuppy.

From 1990 to 1995, he was the consul general in Kraków, and from 1995 to 1999, he was the manager of the Austrian Institute for Culture in London.

Brix is also the representative chairman of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe.

[1] On 26 January 2009, Brix was awarded the golden medal Gloria Artis by Bogdan Zdrojewski, the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, at the galleries of the International Culture Centre in Kraków.

This medal is the highest award in Poland for people who rendered outstanding service to Polish culture in an artistic way or for the preservation of Polish cultural heritage.