Jean-Michel Veranneman de Watervliet

Jean-Michel Veranneman de Watervliet (born July 11, 1947 in Bruges , † October 14, 2018 in Hermalle-sous-Argenteau ) was a Belgian diplomat .

Life

Jean-Michel Veranneman grew up in Belgium and Portugal . He studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and the Université Libre de Bruxelles , where he received a bachelor's degree in sociology , and a degree in journalism from the Flemish Vrije Universiteit Brussel . He also completed an internship semester at the European Commission in Brussels.

After he had been promoted to officer in the Ardennes Chasseur Regiment of the Belgian Army, he entered the foreign service in 1976. He was accredited in Bonn , Brasília , La Paz , the UN headquarters and the permanent representation to the EU in Brussels. He was exequatur as consul general in São Paulo , Brazil .

He wrote books on Portuguese emigration, the history of Africa and the topic of the sovereign nation state.

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert Rothschild	Belgian Chargé d'Affaires in London 1994–1997	Thierry de pits
	Belgian ambassador to Maputo , Mozambique and Swaziland 1983–1986	Jan Mutton
	Belgian Ambassador to Brasilia, Brazil 2000–2003	Claude Misson
Wilfred Geens	Belgian ambassador to Israel 2003-2006	Bénédicte Frankinet

predecessor	Office	successor
Thierry de pits	Belgian Ambassador in London Ambassador of HM the King of the Belgians to the Court of St James's September 18, 2006–2010	Johan Verbeke
Gabriel Auguste van der Straten-Ponthoz	Belgian ambassador in Lisbon 2010

personal data
SURNAME	Watervliet, Jean-Michel Veranneman de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	July 11, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bruges
DATE OF DEATH	October 14, 2018
Place of death	Hermalle-sous-Argenteau