Draft:Arno Amfort Ahornegger

His Excellency
Arno Amfort Ahornegger
أرنو أمفورت أهورنيجر
Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Jordan
Assumed office
2 June 2024
ChancellorRiccardo Paternò di Montecupo
Preceded byLorenzo dei Principi Borghese
Minister of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Slovakia
Assumed office
2016
Personal details
Born1980
Vienna, Austria
Alma materVienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna

Arno Amfort Ahornegger is a career diplomat, who is currently serving as the Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He previously served as the Order's Minister to Slovakia, and Special Adviser to the UNODC and IAEA at the United Nations Office at Vienna UNOV.

On Sunday, 2 June 2024, Ambassador Amfort presented his credentials[1] to His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of Jordan, after a full honor military ceremony at the Royal Basman Palace at the Al-Maquar in Amman.

Prior to Ambassador Amfort's assignment in Jordan, he has served as the Order of Malta's Minister[2] to Slovakia since 2016. He entered the Order of Malta's diplomatic service in 2010, when he became a special advisor at the Permanent Observer Mission at the United Nations Office at Vienna UNOV.

Arno Amfort Ahornegger served in several capacities for the Hospitaller Service (Relief Corps) of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Austria,[3] and has been a board member of World Spine Care Europe,[4] an international charity and NGO providing affordable, evidence-based spine care in underserved communities around the globe.

Ambassador Amfort is an IVLP alumnus and participated in a professional exchange program by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in 2010.

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  1. ^ "King accepts credentials of new ambassadors". www.kingabdullah.jo. Retrieved Jul 10, 2024.
  2. ^ "Diplomatický zbor v SR". www.orderofmalta.sk. Retrieved Jul 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Ordensverleihung Großkreuz "Pro Merito Melitensi"". www.malteserorden.at. 26 January 2017. Retrieved Jul 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "World Spine Care Europe Board of Directors". www.worldspinecare.org. Retrieved Jul 10, 2024.


Category:1980 births Category:Austrian diplomats

Category:Ambassadors of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Category:People from Vienna Category:Catholics Category:Living people