Richard Kühnel is the Director for Representations and Communication in Member States within the Directorate-General for Communication of the European Commission. He is responsible for the Commission’s Representations, Regional Offices and networks in EU Member States, as for local communication, political outreach and engagement with citizens across the Union. Richard joined the European Commission in 2004 as Member of the Cabinet of the EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner. Between 2008 and 2014, he was Head of Representation of the European Commission in Vienna, Austria, and later on, held the same function in Berlin, Germany, until August 2019. Before joining the European Commission, he spent ten years in Austria’s national diplomatic service. He served at the Austrian Embassy in Tokyo and at the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York. In 2003, he returned to Vienna, first as Advisor to the Director-General for Development Cooperation and then as a member of the cabinet of the Foreign Minister. Richard Kühnel is a lawyer by training, with an emphasis on international and European law.
Mit Stefan Lock, Richard Kühnel and Ute Lange
Institutionelle Kommunikationsarbeit mit multiplen Zielgruppen in unterschiedlichen Ländern
Mit Barbara Massing, Nela Riehl, Cristina Burack, Edit Inotai and Richard Kühnel
Wie lassen sich freie Kultur, unabhängiger Journalismus und öffentliche Debatten in Europa sichern? Nela Riehl, Barbara Massing, Richard Kühnel und die ungarische Journalistin Edit Inotai sprechen über Medienfreiheit in Europa, kulturelle Vielfalt und die Rolle der EU.