Edouard Longerstaey

Frederic Theodoor Edouard Longerstaey (born December 14, 1919 in Rupelmonde , East Flanders, † March 28, 1986 in Kruibeke ) was a Belgian diplomat .

Life

Edouard Longerstaey was the son of Berthe Ledent and Achilles Longerstaey. He married Marguerite Thooris their children were Patrick, Philippe and Jacques. Longerstaey joined the foreign service in 1946. He was Vice Consul in New York State from 1947 to 1950 . From 1952 to 1956 he was promoted to second class embassy secretary in The Hague. From 1956 to 1958 he was promoted to first-class embassy secretary in Tehran . From March 1, 1961 to January 30, 1962, he was the Belgian ambassador to Kinshasa in the Republic of the Congo . From 1963 to 1964 he was the Belgian ambassador to Algiers in Algeria. From 1965 to 1967 he was the representative of the Belgian government at the United Nations organizations in Geneva . From 1968 to 1969 he was the Belgian ambassador to Rome in Italy . From 1972 to 1973 he was the permanent representative of the Belgian government at the UN headquarters . He was Secretary General of the Western European Union from March 1, 1977 to May 31, 1985 . He was retired in May 1985 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Permanent Mission of Belgium to the UN
2. ↑ Files on the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany: 1976
3. ↑ Edouard Longerstaey

predecessor	Office	successor
Jean van den Bosch	Belgian ambassador in Kinshasa March 1, 1961 - January 30, 1962	Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem
	Belgian ambassador to Algiers 1963–1964	Fran's will
	Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations in Geneva 1965–1967	Jean-Paul Van Bellinghen
André de Kerchove de Denterghem	Belgian ambassador to Rome 1968–1969	François-Xavier van der Straten-Waillet
Walter Loridan	Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations in New York 1972–1973	Patrick Nothomb
Friedrich-Karl von Plehwe	Secretary General of the Western European Union March 1, 1977 - May 31, 1985	Alfred Cahen