Jean-Arthur Régibeau
Ambassador of Belgium to the United States
Assumed office
September 2020
Prime MinisterAlexander De Croo
Preceded byDirk Wouters
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Liège, Belgium
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Liège
University of Leiden

Jean-Arthur Régibeau (born 1962, Liège, Belgium)[1] is the ambassador of Belgium to the United States.[2]

Education

Régibeau earned a master's degree in law at the University of Liège in 1984, a certificate in international law from the State University of Leiden (Netherlands) in 1985 and a diploma in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University in Bologna, Italy in 1986.[1]

Diplomatic career

Régibeau started his diplomatic career in the Belgian Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs in 1998.[3] From 1999 to 2002, he was the diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Defense and served later as first secretary at the Belgian diplomatic mission in Berlin. He returned to Brussels in 2003, where he served as head of the Private Office of the Minister of Defense until 2007. In the same year, he was appointed Director General in charge of Multilateral Organizations at the Foreign Ministry where he led some aspects of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union in 2010.[1] Following his service as Deputy Commissioner for the commemoration of World War I from 2012 to 2016, Régibeau started his role as ambassador to Armenia, Belarus, Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation.[4] Since 2020, Régibeau has been the ambassador of Belgium to the United States of America.[5]

Personal life

Régibeau has one adult daughter.[1]

Papers and presentations

  • La doctrine nucléaire française et sa dimension européenne, Nice, 1987[6]
  • Les causes profondes du 11 septembre in Democracy after September 11, University of Liège, 2004[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ambassador Jean-Arthur Régibeau - Biography". Belgium.be. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ "AmCham Belgium meets Ambassador Jean-Arthur Régibeau". Amcham.be. January 13, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Annual Dole Lecture to be delivered by the ambassador of Belgium". ljworld.com. April 19, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ Walker, Zachary (April 19, 2021). "Dole Institute to welcome ambassador of Belgium for the 2021 Dole Lecture". ku.edu. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Baltimore/DC Clemson Club-CU at Home: The Role of the Ambassador's Social Secretary with Gwenda DeMoor". Clemson.edu. February 23, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  6. ↑ "The Diplomat Forum with Ambassador Jean-Arthur Régibeau". Pcfraz.org. December 2, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ "The Economic Relationship Between Belgium and the U.S." Worldaffairscharlotte.org. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
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