Koen Vervaeke

Koen Vervaeke

Koen Vervaeke (born 22 April 1959) is a Belgian diplomat and since 6 December 2007 the first European Union’s ambassador as Special Representative and Head of the European Commission delegation to the African Union in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia). Koen Vervaeke is married with Kristien Aelvoet and has four children.

Education

Born in Wilrijk, he obtained a Master in modern history and bachelor in art history at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium).

Career

He started his career in September 1983 in Brussels at the Cultural and Public relations department of the ASLK. in October 1987, he started working for the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Koen Vervaeke worked for the Belgian Embassies in Tunis as First Secretary and in Bujumbura as Political Counsellor. From September 1995 until June 1999, he worked for the Belgian Permanent Representatation to the United Nations in Geneva. He was the Belgian Foreign Ministry Spokesman under Louis Michel, during Belgium's EU Presidency in 2001 and Belgium's Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes Region. From September 2003 until the end of 2007, he was advisor to Javier Solana on African affairs and Head of the Africa Unit in the Council's General Secretariat. [ [http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/africa-envoy/59078.aspx Africa envoy] ]

See also

* Foreign relations of the European Union

Source

* [http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1873&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en Appointment of Koen Vervaeke as EU Special Representative to the African Union and Head of the Commission Delegation]
* [http://europafrica.org/2007/12/07/koen-vervaeke-as-eu-special-representative-to-the-african-union/ Koen Vervaeke as EU Special Representative to the African Union]
* [http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/990/Buitenland/article/detail/93194/2007/12/05/Belgische-diplomaat-wordt-ambassadeur-voor-Europese-Unie.dhtml Belgische diplomaat wordt ambassadeur voor Europese Unie] (Dutch)
* [http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/africa-envoy/59078.aspx Africa envoy]

References

External links

* [http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=1398&lang=EN Koen Vervaeke]


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