Juan Cassiers
Juan Cassiers (born May 11, 1931 in Middelkerke , † March 5, 2010 in Brussels ) was a Belgian ambassador .
Life
Juan Cassiers was a grandson of Léon Delacroix and brother of Léon Cassiers at the time chairman of a Belgian bioethics committee. Juan Cassiers studied at the Collège St Michel (Église Saint-Jean-Berchmans) in Brussels and at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and joined the foreign service in 1956. From 1960 to 1961 he was attaché to the North Atlantic Council . From 1962 to 1967 he was the embassy secretary in Washington, DC From 1967 to 1970 he was the deputy chief of technology in the State Department. From 1970 to 1973 he was Deputy Representative of the Belgian Government at the OECD . From 1974 to 1976 he was counselor in Beijing . From 1976 to 1979 he was counselor in Cologne . From 1979 to 1981 he headed the Politics and Military Department in the Foreign Ministry. In 1981 he was the office manager of Leo Tindemans . From 1981 to 1982 he was Ambassador at Large. From 1983 to 1987 he represented the Belgian government at the North Atlantic Council . from 1988 to 1990 he represented the Belgian government, with the rank of ambassador, to the OECD . From 1991 to 1994 he was ambassador to Washington, DC and from 1994 to 1998 to the Holy See . Baron Cassiers was married to Daisy Lannoy . They had two daughters and two sons.
Fonts
- The Hazards of Peace , 1975
- You miracle belge à la croissance lente: l'impact du plan Marshall et de l'Union Européenne de Paiements . Bulletin de l'IRES, no. 166, May 1993, 20 pp.
Honors
- Order of Leopold (Belgium)
- Large Federal Cross of Merit with Star (January 11, 1980)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le Soir , November 23, 1991, [1]
- ^ The International Who's Who , 1989-90, Europa Publications, 1989 - 1700 pp., P. 264
- ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Michel van Ussel |
Permanent representative of Belgium to NATO in Brussels 1983–1987 |
Prosper Thuysbaert |
| Herman Dehennin |
Belgian Ambassador to Washington, DC 1991–1994 |
André Adam |
| Henri Beyens |
Belgian ambassador to the Holy See in Rome 1994–1998 |
Thierry Muûls |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cassiers, Juan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cassiers, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Middelkerke |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 2010 |
| Place of death | Brussels |