Overview

• Thomas Oberreiter offered his resignation for personal reasons on Monday, a move accepted by Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger.
• Der Standard named him in connection with a pseudonymous sexually explicit blog under the alias 'Caro.'
• He denies involvement and said he resigned to spare Austria further embarrassment.
• Officials emphasize that acceptance of his dismissal is not confirmation of misconduct and POLITICO has not verified the blog link.
• Oberreiter concludes a more than 30-year foreign service career that included a senior role as Cabinet chief to Alexander Schallenberg.