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BELGIUM - H.E. Ghislain Jean Maurice D´hoop

Credentials: 19.09.2018

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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