Frank De Coninck was the Belgian Ambassador to the Holy See

Belgian Ambassador to the Holy See

The following is the list of Belgian Ambassadors to the Holy See, past and present. A Belgian Ambassador serves as that country's official representative to the Holy See since formal diplomatic relations began in 1832...

 (Vatican

Holy See

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), from 26 October 2006 till his retirement in February 2010. Before this he was Marshal of the Royal Household of the Royal Court of Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 (2002-2006).

Career

From 1968 till 1975 he was a teacher of history in Congo. He started a career in Belgian diplomacy in 1975 and has been assigned from 1976 till 2000 to diplomatic posts in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Nairobi

Nairobi

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, Islamabad

Islamabad

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, Rome

Rome

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 (the Vatican), Dakar

Dakar

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, The Hague

The Hague

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, and both Kigali

Kigali

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 and Kinshasa

Kinshasa

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 as Ambassador. His last duty before he became Marshal of the Royal Household was at the Central Administration of the Belgian Foreign Ministry, where he was appointed as special envoy for the Great Lakes (Central Africa). As Marshal of the Royal Household he was also head of the management council of the Royal Trust

Royal Trust (Belgium)

The Royal Trust was proposed in a letter by king Leopold II of Belgium on 9 April 1900, in addition some properties were added to the donation in a letter of 15 November 1900. The Belgian government accepted the donation by law on 31 December 1903...

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