List of Belgian ambassadors in Switzerland
List of Belgian envoys and (since 1953) ambassadors in Switzerland .
history
Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Belgium have existed since the London Conference (1839) and the Royal Belgian Embassy in Bern, which opened the following year . The Swiss legation in Brussels was opened in 1918. The bilateral relations, which have always been good, are characterized by a number of things in common: in the 19th century by the comparatively liberal state models of both states, surrounded by some conservative great powers, in the 20th century by the establishment of several international organizations , and generally a federal state structure with several official and national languages.
The disregard for Belgian neutrality and the occupation of Belgium by the German Empire in the First and Second World War strengthened the ties between the two countries. The Belgian government had to go into exile in Le Havre from 1914 to 1918 and to London from 1940 to 1945 ; the diplomatic mission in Bern remained in existence during these times, but was overshadowed by political affairs involving Paul de Groote (1917) and Louis d'Ursel (1942).
Belgium has another diplomatic mission at the United Nations Office in Geneva . Originally opened in 1893 as one of the Belgian consulates in Switzerland, it was the seat of the Permanent Delegation of Belgium to the League of Nations from 1920 to 1946 and has since been one of Belgium's permanent representations to the United Nations .
Heads of mission
Envoys and ambassadors in Bern
- 1840: Establishment of diplomatic relations
| Appointment / accreditation |
Recall | Surname | Remarks | appointed by |
accredited at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840, Sep. 30 | Constantin Rodenbach | (* 1791; † 1846) Chargé d'affaires, then envoy to Greece until 1846 | Leopold I. | ||
| 1846, Aug. 31 | 1848, Dec. 22 | Adrien Achart de Tarzy | Chargé d'affaires, Chargé d'Affaires in Sweden from 1863 to 1873 | Leopold I. | |
| 1849 | 1856 | vacant | |||
| 1856, Aug. 7 | 1864 | Roger Helman de Grimberghe (Grimbergen) | (* 1830; † 1879) Chargé d'Affaires, 1874 envoy to the Ottoman Empire | Leopold I. | |
| 1864 | 1867 | Jules Greindl | (* 1835; † 1917) envoy, envoy in Greece from 1867 to 1869, in Bavaria from 1869 to 1972 , and in Spain from 1872 to 1876 | Leopold I. | |
| 1868 | 1871 | Joseph de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay | (* 1836; † 1892) envoy, 1884 to 1892 foreign minister | Leopold II. | |
| 1871 | 1877, Jun. 12 | Hubert Dolez | (* 1808; † 1880) envoy, from 1874 embassy | Leopold II. | |
| 1877, 23 Aug | 1879, May 27 | Joseph Jooris | (* 1831; † 1898) envoy | Leopold II. | |
| 1879, Aug 25 | 1881, April 25 | Hubert Dolez (II term of office) | (* 1808; † 1880) Prime Minister | Leopold II. | |
| 1881, Aug. 26 | 1888, May 12th | Maurice Delfosse | Envoy to the United States from 1865 to 1901 | Leopold II. | |
| 1888, May 15 | 1898 | Joseph Jooris (II term) | (* 1831; † 1898) envoy | Leopold II. | |
| 1899 | 1903 | Charles VI. de Lalaing | (* 1856; † 1919) Prime Minister, 1893 to 1896 Prime Minister in Brazil , 1896 to 1899 in Romania | Leopold II. | |
| 1903 | 1905 | Gontran de Lichtervelde | (* 1849; † 1905) envoy, 1896 to 1901 envoy to the United States | Leopold II. | |
| 1905 | 1907 | Maurice Michotte de Welle | (* 1856 - † 1938) envoy | Leopold II. | |
| 1907 | 1910 | Werner van den Steen Jehay | (* 1854; † 1934) envoy, 1911 to 1924 envoy to Italy | Leopold II. | |
| 1910 | 1917, Nov. 17 | Paul de Groote | (* 1862; † 1944) envoy | Albert I. | |
| 1917, Nov. 17 | 1931 | Fernand Peltzer | (* 1869; † 1937) envoy, 1931 to 1935 envoy to Brazil | Albert I. | |
| 1931 | 1934 | Jules Le Jeune de Münsbach | (* 1869; † 1941) envoy | Albert I. | |
| 1934 | 1942 | Louis d'Ursel | (* 1886; † 1969) envoy | Leopold III. | |
| 1945 | Guy de Caritat de Péruzzis | (* 1897; † 1963) Chargé d'affaires, 1946 to 1953 Chargé d'Affaires in Hungary | Karl-Theodor | ||
| 1945 | 1955 | Théophile de Lantsheere | (* 1897; † 1958) envoy, from 1853 ambassador | Karl-Theodor | |
| 1955 | 1957 | Pierre Forthomme | (* 1877; † 1959) Ambassador, 1939 to 1941 envoy to Japan | Baudouin | |
| 1957 | 1963 | Fernand Seynaeve | Baudouin | ||
| 1964 | 1966 | Robert Rothschild | (* 1911; † 1998) Ambassador, 1966 to 1973 Ambassador to France , 1973 to 1976 in the United Kingdom | Baudouin | |
| 1966 | 1968 | Yves Coppieters' t Wallant | (* 1909; † 1968) ambassador | Baudouin | |
| 1969 | 1972 | Louis Colot | Ambassador, 1962 to 1966 ambassador to Austria , 1966 to 1969 to Italy | Baudouin | |
| 1972 | 1975 | Jean-Louis Leroy | Baudouin | ||
| 1975 | 1976 | d'Anethan | Baudouin | ||
| 1976 | 1979 | Georges Puttevils | Ambassador, 1967 to 1974 ambassador to Austria | Baudouin | |
| 1980 | Baudouin | ||||
| 1998 | |||||
| 1999 | 2003 | Philippe Berg | (* 1939; † 2013) Ambassador, 1991 to 1994 Ambassador to Portugal | Albert II | |
| 2003 | 2007 | Marc Baptist | (* 1947) ambassador | Albert II | |
| 2007 | 2009 | Regine De Clercq | (* 1944) ambassador | Albert II | |
| 2009 | 2011 | Marc van Craen | (* 1946) Ambassador, 2005 to 2009 Ambassador to Denmark | Albert II | |
| 2011 | 2014 | Jan Luykx | (* 1956) Ambassador, 2006 to 2010 Ambassador to Poland, since 2014 to India | Albert II | |
| 2014 | Frank Recker | (* 1955) Ambassador, 2000 to 2003 Ambassador to Ivory Coast, 2003 to 2007 in Norway, 2010 to 2014 in Austria | Philippe |
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The Belgian embassy is now located in Bern's Jubiläumsstrasse 41, where the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland (CCBL) is also based.
- Status: March 2016
Consuls General and Permanent Representatives in Geneva
- 1893: Consular relations established
Consuls General and Permanent Delegates to the League of Nations
- 1920–1922:
- 1922-1924: Joseph Nisot
Consuls General and Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
The Permanent Mission to the United Nations is located at 58 Rue de Moillebeau, Geneva.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bilateral relations between Switzerland and Belgium . Federal Department of Foreign Affairs , Bern 2015. Accessed March 17, 2016
- ↑ documents and Belgium / consulate in Geneva in the database Dodis the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
- ^ A b Josef Inauen: Focus on Switzerland: the southern German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria and the Confederation 1815-1840 . Saint-Paul, Luxembourg 2008, p. 344
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↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Victor Attinger : Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz . Administration of the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland, Neuchâtel 1934
- “Representation diplomatique belge en Suisse. Le premier diplomate belge accrédité en Suisse fut Constantin Rodenbach, nommé chargé d'affaires le 30 sept. 1845, auquel succéda, le 31 août 1846, Adrien Achart de Tarzy. La représentation diplomatique fut vacante de 1849 à 1856. Depuis lors, elle a été occupée par les titulaires suivants: Viscount Helman de Grimberghe, 1856; baron Jules Greindl, 1864; prince Joseph de Caraman-Chimay, 1868; Hubert Dolez, 1871; Maurice Delfosse, 1881; Joseph Jooris, 1888; comte de Lalaing, 1899; comte Gontran de Lichtervelde, 1903; Maurice Michotte de Welle, 1905; comte Werner van den Steen de Jehay, 1907; baron Paul de Groote, 1911; Fernand Peltzer, 1917; Le Jeune de Münsbach, 1931. "
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i documents and Belgium / message in Bern in the database Dodis the diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
- ↑ Recker is to be the ambassador to Bern . Grenz-Echo , Eupen January 25, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2016
