Renier Nijskens

Renier Nijskens (born September 20, 1949 in Dinant ) is a Belgian diplomat .

Life

Nijskens studied social and political science (as a student he was a member of the Olivaint Conference of Belgium ), entered the foreign service in 1974, was accredited in Baghdad , Kinshasa , Kuwait , Tunis and Ottawa . In 1989 he was ambassador to Niamey . From 1994 to 1998, based in Nairobi , he was also accredited by the government of the Seychelles . From August 19, 1998 to 2000, he was ambassador to Seoul , South Korea . In 2003 he celebrated the 172nd return of the swearing-in of Leopold I on July 21, 1831 in La Gombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with around a thousand guests. With the Institute for Multiparty Democracy (IMD), he is committed to promoting democratic conditions. From November 25, 2000 to July 24, 2004 he was Ambassador to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From 2008 he headed the Asia and Oceania department in the Belgian Foreign Ministry . From March 10, 2011 to 2014, he was the successor to Mark Geleyn as ambassador at the Belgian Embassy in Berlin.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Homepage of the Belgian Embassy in Berlin , accessed on May 23, 2013.
2. ^ Adrien Theater Par arrêté royal du 18 December 2009, M. Adrien Theater est accrédité en qualité d'Ambassadeur et Consul général de Belgique dans la République du Mali, avec résidence principale à Ouagadougou. Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Suppression d'Ambassade Par arrêté royal du 8 November 1998, l'Ambassade de Belgique à Niamey a été supprimée. [1]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
3. ↑ arrêtés royaux du 2 août 2002: Johan Swinnen, Ambassadeur à La Haye; Leo Willems, Ambassadeur à Nairobi. [2]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ 22 June 2003 http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200307221011.html Le Phare Renier Nijskens annonce un vaste chapitre de coopération structurelle entre la Belgique et la RDC
5. ^ New Belgian ambassador in Berlin: Renier Nijskens , accessed on May 13, 2011

predecessor	Office	successor
?	Belgian ambassador in Niamey in 1989	Adrien Theater
?	Belgian Ambassador to Nairobi 1994-1998	2002: Leo Willems
1990–1994 André Mernier Jean-Marie Noirfalisse	Belgian Ambassador in Seoul August 19, 1998-2000	Koenraad Rouvroy
Frank De Coninck	Belgian Ambassador in Kinshasa November 25, 2000 - July 24, 2004	Johan Swinnen
Mark Geleyn	Belgian Ambassador in Berlin March 10, 2011 - 2014	Ghislaine Jean Maurice D'hoop