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Chris Hoornaert (born 24 December 1963 in
Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and large ...
) is a
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diplomat. Hoornaert served as Head of Mission of the European Union Delegation to Panama between 2018 and 2022. From 2014 to 2018 he was the Ambassador of Belgium to the Netherlands. Between 2011 and 2014, he served as " Ambassador of the
Port of Antwerp The Port of Antwerp-Bruges is the port of the City of Antwerp. It is located in Flanders (Belgium), mainly in the province of Antwerp but also partially in the province of East Flanders. It is a seaport in the heart of Europe accessible to ...
," a position created in 2008. He served as
Permanent Representative A permanent representative is a diplomat who is the head of a country’s diplomatic mission to an international organisation. Organizations that receive permanent representatives from their member states include the United Nations, the World Tr ...
of Belgium to the
OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate e ...
from 2007 to 2011, with the rank of Ambassador. Until his appointment by the Belgian government as Permanent Representative, he was Diplomatic Advisor to the Belgian Prime Minister from 2004 to 2007. He was Director for EU External Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2004. He holds a degree in political and social sciences from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and a postgraduate degree from the College of Europe (class of 1985–1986).


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoornaert, Chris 1963 births Ambassadors of Belgium to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Ambassadors of the European Union to Panama College of Europe alumni KU Leuven alumni Living people People from Kortrijk