Dominique Struye de Swielande (born July 10, 1947) is a Belgian diplomat, currently the Ambassador of Belgium to the United States. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Belgium is unique in having two networks of diplomatic representation - one for the Belgian state and another for Dutch -speaking community of Flanders. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Biography
Struye was born in Ghent, in Flanders, Belgium. Ghent (ˈɡɛnt Gent ʝɛnt in Dutch, Gand in French, and formerly Gaunt in English) is a City and a Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. He holds a doctorate in law from the Catholic University of Leuven, a master’s in law from University College London, and a master’s in European Law from the University of Ghent. The Catholic University of Leuven, or Louvain, was the largest oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. University College London ( UCL) is a multi-faculty university institution based in the United Kingdom and a constituent college of the University of London Ghent University (in Dutch Universiteit Gent, abbreviated UGent) is one of the three large Flemish universities.
He began his diplomatic career on February 1, 1974. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. From 1975 to 1984 he held various posts at embassies in Austria, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Zaire. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election The Republic of Zaire (pronunciation; République du Zaïre was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between October 27, 1971
From 1984 to 1987 he was a counselor in the cabinet of the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leo Tindemans. Leonard Clemence “Leo” Tindemans, born in Zwijndrecht on 16 April 1922 was prime minister ( CVP) of two Belgian governments from 25 April 1974 From 1987 to 1990 he was the consul general and deputy permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva. In 1990 he was the director of the European section at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He then moved up to become the chief of staff (1991–92) in the cabinet of the new minister of Foreign Affairs, Mark Eyskens. Marc Maria Frans Viscount Eyskens (born 29 April 1933 shortly known as (ˈmɑɾk ˈʔɛɪ̯skəns is a Belgian economist and politician in the Christian People's From 1992 to 1994 he was the diplomatic counselor and deputy chief of staff of the Belgian prime minister, Jean-Luc Dehaene. (ʒɑ̃ˈlyk dəˈɦanə (b Jean Luc Joseph Marie Dehaene, 7 August 1940 in Montpellier, France) is a Belgian politician From 1994 to 1995 he was the director general for administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From 1995 to 1996 he was the head of the cabinet of the secretary of state for international cooperation, Reginald Moreels. From 1997 to 2002 he was the Belgian ambassador to Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. From 2002 to 2006 he was the permanent representative of Belgium at NATO. The North Atlantic Treaty
He became Ambassador of Belgium to the United States on December 29, 2006. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
External links
- The Washington Diplomat Newspaper - Ambassador profile
- Diplomatic Represantives at the Embassy of Belgium
- Struye's biography on the NATO web site (French)
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