Jan Matthysen
Jan Matthysen is a former
Belgian ambassador to the United States
.
Life
Matthysen graduated from
Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1984, he became First Secretary at the Belgian Embassy in Bonn, then Counselor at the Embassy in then East Berlin, a position which he held through the German reunification in 1990. He was a chargé d'affaires and later ambassador in Belgrade beginning in 1994. In 1997 he became Head of the NATO desk at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Brussels. From 1999 to 2000, he was the Acting Head of the General Directorate for Political-Military Affairs and a senior advisor on Kosovo
to the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative for the Balkans.
In 2000, Matthysen moved to Ankara as ambassador to
Burma.[1]
Matthysen was appointed ambassador to the United States on 17 February 2009 and presented his credentials to United States President Barack Obama on 20 May 2009.Princess Astrid of Belgium.
Matthysen and his wife Agnes Aerts have five children. Jan Matthysen's brother Hugo Matthysen is a Belgian singer, songwriter and television scenarist.
Offices held
References
- ^ Embassy of Belgium in Washington, DC, "Ambassador", http://www.diplobel.us/Representatives/ambassador.asp.
- ^ Office of the Chief of Protocol, "Diplomatic Representation for Kingdom of Belgium", United States Department of State.