List of South African ambassadors in Belgium
The embassy is located at 17 Montoyerstraat in Brussels
Since January 11, 1962, the ambassador in Brussels has also been a regular representative to the EU. Since February 11, 1962, the ambassador in Brussels has also been regularly accredited in Luxembourg .
| Appointment accreditation |
ambassador | comment | Government in South Africa | accredited by the government | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | EF Hora | Barry Hertzog | Charles de Broqueville | ||
| 1937 | Gerhardus Petrus Jooste | Chargé d'affaires | Barry Hertzog | Paul van Zeeland | 1940 |
| 1934 | Herman Dirk van Broekhuizen | Envoy to the Belgian Government in exile in London. Was given permission to move to London on May 19, 1940 during the attack on Brussels. Had previously proposed Portugal as a protective power, the choice fell on the United States, which also agreed to exercise the protective power function in Stockholm if Stefanus François Naudé Gie and his staff were forced to give way. | Barry Hertzog | Georges Theunis | Apr 30, 1941 |
| May 1, 1941 | T. Colin Bain Marais | Envoy to the Belgian Government in exile in London | Jan Smuts | Hubert Pierlot | Aug 14, 1942 |
| Aug 14, 1942 | Corneilis Hendrik Taljaard | Chargé d'affaires | Jan Smuts | Hubert Pierlot | Jan. 10, 1943 |
| Jan. 11, 1943 | Deneys Reitz | Captain | Jan Smuts | Hubert Pierlot | Oct. 19, 1944 |
| Dec 1944 | George Heaton Nicholls | Headquarters London | Jan Smuts | Hubert Pierlot | 1946 |
| May 14, 1946 | Leif Egeland | Headquarters The Hague | Jan Smuts | Camille Huysmans | Dec 21, 1947 |
| Feb. 27, 1948 | Leo Fouché | Headquarters The Hague , Prof. | Daniel François Malan | Paul-Henri Spaak | Oct. 2, 1948 |
| Oct 10, 1949 | Philip Rudolph Botha | (Born April 4, 1891 in Stettyn, Worcester (South Africa) ) son of Eliza Sarah Chapman and Antonie Botha; attended French Hoek High School, Worcester Boys' High School, studied at Stellenbosch University and the University of Amsterdam ; married in 1917, Ella Maria van der Merwe, 1927; Appointed US Trade Representative. | Daniel François Malan | Gaston Eyskens | 22 Aug 1951 |
| Aug 21, 1951 | Philip Rudolph Botha | Daniel François Malan | Joseph Pholien | Aug 17, 1955 | |
| Jan. 31, 1956 | Johannes Dreyer Pohl | Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom | Achille Van Acker | Dec 5, 1958 | |
| Johannes Dreyer Pohl | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd | Gaston Eyskens | Jan. 6, 1961 | ||
| 1958 | Jan Ruiter Jordaan | until 1958 High Commissioner in Ottawa. | Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd | Gaston Eyskens | 1960 |
| Feb 13, 1961 | Albertus Beyers Fourie Burger | Charles Robberts Swart | Théo Lefèvre | Aug 30, 1965 | |
| Aug 31, 1965 | Frederick Simon Steyn | Charles Robberts Swart | Pierre Harmel | 4th June 1969 | |
| Oct 10, 1969 | Johannes von Dalsen | Jacobus Johannes Fouché | Gaston Eyskens | 1972 | |
| June 25, 1971 | Willem Christiaan Naude | October 16, 1951: Consul General in Lourenco Marques , June 1, 1956 Envoy Extraordinary, Bern, August 19, 1960 - February 9, 1965: Ambassador to Washington, DC , May 26, 1966: Permanent Representative of the South African Government to the United Nations Office in genf | Jacobus Johannes Fouché | Gaston Eyskens | |
| 1972 | Theodore Hewitson | 1958: BG. Cologne 1 Machabäerstr. 75–77, 1960 Belgian Congo - T. Hewitson (Consul-General Leopoldville). Stabilité et croissance en Afrique du Sud, 1963–1966 Ambassador to Sao Paulo | Jacobus Johannes Fouché | Gaston Eyskens | 1974 |
| 1975 | David de Villiers du Buisson | Johannes de Klerk | Leo Tindemans | ||
| 1978 | Albert Willem Marc Burger | (Born December 30, 1948 in Pretoria) ambassadeur l'Afrique du Sud auprès des Communautés européennes à Bruxelles, AL Pienaar, ambassadeur d'Afrique du Sud à Paris, et M. Steyn, | Marais Viljoen | Paul Vanden Boeynants | 1979 |
| 1986 | D. Gert Grobler | Pieter Willem Botha | Wilfried Martens | Apr. 27, 1990 | |
| Apr. 27, 1990 | Marinus Léonard te Water Naudé | 01.07.1983: Consul in Frankfurt Le gouvernement sud-africain a annoncé, le 27 avril, la désignation de M. Marinus Léonard te Water Naudé, actuellement directeur au ministère des Affaires étrangères, | Frederik Willem de Klerk | Wilfrie Martens | 1993 |
| 1993 | Neil Van Heerden | Frederik Willem de Klerk | Jean-Luc Dehaene | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Elias links | (Born September 29, 1946 Loeriesfontein) Son of Aletta Syster and Elias Links 1987: chief representative at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. | Nelson Mandela | Jean-Luc Dehaene | Apr 6, 2001 |
| Apr 6, 2001 | Jeremy Matthews Matsila | Afrique du Sud Le 6 avril 2001, l'Union européenne a donné l'agrément à SE Monsieur l'Ambassadeur Jeremy Matthews Matsila, désigné par le Gouvernement de la République & Afrique du Sud, comme Chef de la Mission de ce pays | Thabo Mbeki | Guy Verhofstadt | 2006 |
| Feb. 2012 | Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi | l'ambassadeur d'Afrique du Sud en Belgique, | Jacob Zuma | Elio Di Rupo | |
| Nov 16, 2016 | Baso Sangqu | (* April 21, 1968 in Dutywa Idutywa )
|
Jacob Zuma | Charles Michel |
Source:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baso Sangqu, diplomatmagazine.nl
- ↑ European Commission , ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Embassy of the Republic of South Africa to the Kingdom of Belgium