| Wolfgang Schallenberg | |
| Honorific Suffix: | gcYC |
| Birth Date: | 1930 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Occupation: | Diplomat |
| Father: | Herbert, Count of Schallenberg |
| Children: | Alexander Schallenberg; Valérie Schallenberg (Bataille); Sophie Schallenberg |
Wolfgang Schallenberg gcYC (3 June 1930 – 8 February 2023) was an Austrian diplomat. He was the Austrian ambassador to India (1974–1978), Spain (1979–1981), and France (1988–1992), and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1992–1996).[1] [2]
A member of the comital branch of the noble Austro-Hungarian Schallenberg family, he was born in Prague as the son of the industrialist and diplomat Herbert, Count of Schallenberg (Herbert Graf von Schallenberg).[3] He studied law at the University of Vienna as well as political science at French and British universities. In 1982, he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (gcYC) by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.[4]
His son, Alexander, is Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2019 interrupted by a short stint as Chancellor in 2021.[1] Wolfgang Schallenberg died on 8 February 2023, at the age of 92.[5]