Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff

Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff (born 28 July 1950), is the Austrian ambassador in Prague.

He belongs to the aristocratic Austrian-Moravian mediatised noble family Trauttmansdorff.

He is also referred to by the courtesy style and title, "His Illustrious Highness Count Ferdinand von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg" (unlawful in Austria since the abolition of noble titles and particles[1]).

From 1970 to 1971 Trauttmansdorff completed the one-year voluntary military service in Austria.

Then he studied European Law at the Collège d'Europe in Bruges (1977/78) With his education and previous professional career, he succeeded in entering the Austrian foreign service in 1981.