Commission, Member of the Executive Committee Personal life Plassnik has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Dr. Georg Posch, who became secretary general of the Austrian Parliament. Her second marriage was to Swiss diplomat Gérard Stoudmann. She stands out in public due to her height, at tall. At Plassnik’s initiative, the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim gave his long-awaited first performance in Egypt at the Cairo Opera House and conducted the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in April 2009. Barenboim had planned to make his Egyptian debut in January 2009 as part of a world tour with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the Arab-Israeli group he founded with the writer Edward Said. But that concert was canceled out of concern for the performers’ safety because of fighting in Gaza. References External links 1956 births Ambassadors of Austria to France Ambassadors of Austria to Switzerland Austrian women diplomats Austrian Lutherans Women government ministers of Austria College of Europe alumni Female foreign ministers Foreign ministers of Austria Living people Politicians from Klagenfurt 20th-century Austrian women politicians 20th-century Austrian politicians 21st-century Austrian women politicians 21st-century Austrian politicians Austrian women ambassadors Foxcroft School alumni Diplomats from Klagenfurt