Departed ambassadors from Brussels

On the picture Dr Eckart Cuntz displaying his Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Belgium.

By Baron Henri Estramant.

Germany’s Dr. Eckart Cuntz. 

Ambassador Cuntz left Belgium for his new base in Berlin on 30 June 2015 after serving since 2011 as bilateral ambassador accredited to the Kingdom of Belgium. On the last day of his mission, the ambassador paid a farewell visit to HM The King of the Belgians who in his turn presented him with the “Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown”. It is Belgium’s second highest order  albeit it was originally instituted as a Congolese Order by King Leopold II in 1897.

His successor is Ambassador Rüdiger Lüdekind, previously director general of the German mission to the OSCE (Vienna).

Indonesia’s Arif Havas Oegroseno. 

Deputy Minister for Maritime Sovereignty Coordinating (Ministry for Maritime Affairs – Republic of Indonesia), Arif Oegroseno, served as chief of mission to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg from 2010 to 2015.

Democratic Republic of Congo’s Professor Henri Mova Sakanyi. 

Professor Mova Sakanyi was ambassador accredited to the three Benelux countries from 2009, head of mission to the EU and the OPCW. He left Brussels for the political appointment as Secretary General of the People’s Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie – PPRD), which is the party of incumbent DRC President Joseph Kabila Kabange.

A mission of the DR of Congo to The Netherlands opened in early 2015 but is yet to receive an ambassador. Currently the chargé d’affaires in The Hague is Minister Counsellor Thomas Konko.

Israel’s Jacques Revah.

Bilateral ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, Jacques Revah, left Brussels for Jerusalem on 12 August 2015 after serving as head of mission since 2011. He is now retired.

His successor, Ambassador Simone Frankel, arrived in Brussels on 13 August 2015. This shall be her first ambassadorship.

Laos’ Phonseya Manorom.  

Ambassador Phonseya was recalled to Laos back in April 2015. He had served as head of mission since mid-2012 covering the EU, the OPCW, and bilaterally the Benelux countries, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.

Chargé d’affaires a.i. is Mr Sengprachang Thongkhoun.

Cambodia’s Hem Saem. 

Ambassaor Hem left his post in Brussels in the beginning of May 2015. He had served since 2009 as chief of mission to the EU, the OPCW, the Benelux countries and Austria.

His successor is Ambassador Chea Thireak. 

For more information 

Embassy of Germany to Belgium: www.bruessel.diplo.de/Vertretung/bruessel/fr/Startseite.html

Embassy of Indonesia to Belgium and Luxembourg, Mission to the EU: http://www.embassyofindonesia.eu/

CV of Deputy Minister Oegroseno: www.europeantunaconference.com/havas.html

Mission of the DR of Congo to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU: www.ambardc.eu

Embassy of Israel to Belgium and Luxembourg: http://embassies.gov.il/Bruxelles/Pages/default.aspx

Mission of Laos to the EU, the Benelux, Scandinavia: www.ambalao.be

Mission of Cambodia to the EU, the Benelux and Austria: http://www.embassyofcambodia.org/other_embassies.html