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On the picture Ambassador Claude-France Arnould.

By Baron Henri Estramant.

France to Belgium: HE Ambassador Claude-France Arnould, Director of the European Defence Agency from 2011 to January 2015. Thereafter until October 2015 Special Envoy for Space at the European External Action Service. http://www.ambafrance-be.org/Biographie-de-S-E-Mme-Claude-France-Arnould. Pictures by French Embassy to Belgium 

Maryem van den Heuvel handing in her credentials - Picture by Royal Dutch Embassy to Belgium
Maryem van den Heuvel handing in her credentials to HM King Filip of the Belgians – Picture by Royal Dutch Embassy to Belgium.

Netherlands to Belgium: HE Ambassador Maryem van den Heuvel was accredited by HM King Filip of the Belgians on 28 October 2015. She worked previously at the Foreign Ministry in Den Haag as Director for the Department for the Western Hemisphere. 

She is the first Royal Dutch ambassador with Tunisian background. Ambassador van den Heuvel is fluent in Dutch, French, Arabic, English and Spanish. http://belgie.nlambassade.org/organization/de-ambassadeur/cv-ambassadeur.html

Maria Ubach Font - Picture by EU
Maria Ubach Font with President Donald Tusk. Picture by EU.

Andorra to the Benelux countries, Germany and the EU: HE Ambassador Maria Ubach Font, previously head of mission to the French Republic, Portugal and UNESCO. She presented her credentials in Belgium on 15 September 2015, and is due to do the same in The Netherlands on 11 November and 11 December in Germany. 

HE Jürgen Meindl - Picture by Austrian embassy to Switzerland.
HE Jürgen Meindl – Picture by Austrian embassy to Switzerland.

Austria to Belgium and NATO: HE Ambassador Jürgen Meindl, previously ambassador of Austria to Switzerland. http://www.bmeia.gv.at/botschaft/bruessel/die-botschaft/der-botschafter.html

Christian Meuwly left
Christian Meuwly left.

Switzerland to Belgium: HE Ambassador Christian Meuwly, previously head of mission to South Africa, co-accredited to Zambia and Mauritius. Presented credentials to the King of the Belgians on 28 October 2015.  https://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/belgium/fr/home/representations/ambassade/personnel.html

HE Ingrid Schulerud.
HE Ingrid Schulerud.

Norway to Belgium and EU: Ambassador Ingrid Schulerud, previously diplomat in Budapest, Hungary.  She is likewise Deputy Head of Mission at the Norwegian Representation to the EU. http://www.norvege.be/Embassy/Ambassade-/CV-de-lAmbassadeur/#.VjRyiNLRZkg

Ambassador Mukul
HE Ambassador Jagdish Saksena Mukul .

India to The Netherlands and the OPCW:  HE Ambassador Jagdish Saksena Mukul presented credentials to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands on 2 September 2015. Previously he was head of mission to the Sultanate of Oman.  http://www.indianembassy.nl/eoi.php?id=Ambassador

Thomas Selby Pillay - Picture by EU
HE Ambassador Thomas Selby Pillay with President Donald Tusk.

Seychelles to the three Benelux countries, the EU and OPCW: HE Ambassador Thomas Selby Pillay, was accredited to Belgium on 10 January 2015, to the EU on 29 October 2015 and to The Netherlands on 10 June 2015. From 2011 to 2014 he was Principal Counsellor at the Seychelles Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York.

HE Choe Jonghyun.
HE Choe Jonghyun.

 

(South) Korea to The Netherlands and the OPCW: HE Ambassador Choe Jonghyun, formerly ambassador to Oman. Presented credentials to HM King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands on 26 November 2014.

 

Dr. António Vasco - Picture by President of Portugal's Office.
Dr. António Vasco – Picture by President of Portugal’s Office.

Portugal to Belgium: HE Ambassador Dr. António Vasco da Cunha e Lorena Alves Machado accredited since 20 May 2015.

 

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