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BELGIUM - H.E. Ghislain Jean Maurice D´hoop
Credentials: 19.09.2018
2 October 1958 : born in Kortrijk, Province West-Flanders, Belgium
Married to the Honourable Carine Freeman-Thomas (British)
CAREER
Since August 2018 : Ambassador of Belgium to Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Resident in Vienna. Also Permanent Representative of Belgium to International Organisations based in Vienna
2014-2018 : Ambassador of Belgium to Germany
2013-2014 : Secretariat-General at the Belgian Foreign Ministry (global affairs, EU, strategic planning)
1997-2013 : Diplomatic Advisor to His Majesty King Albert II : 1997-2006 as Deputy Chief of Staff
2006-2013 as Member of the Board of the Royal Household, with the rank of Ambassador
1997-2010, simultaneously Diplomatic Advisor to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Philippe
1995-97 : Minister-Counsellor, Belgian Embassy Rome.
1992- 95 : Chief Spokesman, Head of the Press Division at the Belgian Foreign Ministry. Spokesman of the Belgian EU Presidency (1993)
1988-92 : First Secretary, later Counsellor, Belgian Embassy London. Deputy Permanent Representative of Belgium to the Western European Union
Summer 1988 : Second Secretary, Belgian EU Representation, Brussels (Research, Atomic Working Group)
1997-88 : Member of the Secretariat of European Political Cooperation (Brussels)
June-Dec 1986 : at the Foreign Office London : Member of the Secretariat (Troika) of European Political Cooperation during the UK’s EU Presidency
1984 : Entered Belgian diplomatic service
1983 : Military service with the Belgian Forces in Germany
1981-82 : President, United Nations Association, Leuven
1979-81 : Board Member, Centre for International Relations, Leuven
Studied International Affairs, Economics and European Affairs at Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve Universities
Summer 1976 : Language training at the Oxford Intensive School of English
LANGUAGES
Dutch and French (mother tongues), English, German, Italian
FURTHER
Until 2016 : Board Member, Royal International Club Château Sainte-Anne, Brussels
Member of the ‘Centre for European Policy Studies’ (Brussels) and the ‘GMF Alumni’ (German Marshall Fund of the United States)
Clubs : Royal International Club Château Sainte-Anne, Club des Officiers du Régiment des Guides, Cercle Royal du Parc, University Foundation Brussels. Lansdowne Club London
Honorary Member of the gastronomic “Club des 33”, Brussels
1990-92 : Vice-President, Anglo-Belgian Society London. Since then, Life Member
Fotos: Peter Lechner/HBF und Harald Minich/HBF
MEHR ANZEIGEN