- Jan Grauls
Infobox Officeholder
honorific-prefix =H.E.
name =Jan Grauls
birth_date =Birth date and age|1948|2|12|df=y
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imagesize =200px
office =Permanent Representative to the United Nations forBelgium
country =
term_start =June 2008
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predecessor =
successor =
president = |Jan Grauls, born 12 February 1948, is the
Permanent Representative to theUnited Nation forBelgium . He is married and has three daughters and one son. He began his appointment June 2008. [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/bio3990.doc.htm United Nations Press Release - Jan Grauls] , retrieved 2008-09-18]Education
Grauls was educated at the
Saint Berchmans Jesuit College inBrussels . He studied Law at theUniversity of Antwerp and at theCatholic University of Louvain .Career
Grauls' diplomatic career started in 1973. He held successive diplomatic assignments in
Bonn ,Tunis , theEuropean Union , permanent representation in Brussels, London and Washington, D.C. From 2002 to 2007, he served as the Secretary-General of the Belgium Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and in 2001, the Foreign Minister’sChef de Cabinet . From 1997 to 2001, he held the Ministry’s post of Director General for Bilateral and Economic Relations. In the late 1980s and 1990s, Grauls was diplomatic adviser to the Prime Minister (1988-1991) and, on secondment to the Royal Palace from 1994-1997, as Deputy Chef de Cabinet and diplomatic adviser to theKing of Belgium .ee also
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