On May 12, 2021, Consul General Helene Steinhäusl took up her duties as head of the Austrian Consulate General New York. She succeeds in this position Helmut Böck, who retired from the foreign service earlier this year. Helene Steinhäusl is an experienced Austrian diplomat who formerly served as Austrian Ambassador to Indonesia, East Timor and ASEAN, as Ambassador to UNESCO, and until recently as Inspector General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry in Vienna. Learn more about the new Consul General

The Austrian Consulate General New York is a subordinate consular post of the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC. Its consular district covers 17 U.S. states in the Northeast and the Midwest, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.