Dominique Struye de Swielande

Dominique Struye de Swielande    (diplomat)
Born	10 July 1947
Died	27 October 2015 (Age 68)
Nationality	Belgian
Alma mater	Catholic University of Leuven, University College London, London School of Economics, University of Ghent
Parents	Pierre Struye De Swielande
Single Bilderberg Belgian diplomat  Belgium/Permanent Representative to NATO In office February 2009 - 2012  Belgium/Ambassador/US  In office December 29, 2006 - February 2009  Belgium/Permanent Representative to NATO In office 2002 - 2006 Succeeded by Frans van Daele  Belgium/Ambassador/Germany In office 1997 - 2002

Dominique Benoît Marie Hubert Ghislain baron Struye De Swielande was a Belgian diplomat and ambassador to NATO and the United States. He attened the 2004 Bilderberg meeting.

Family

Struye was a grandson of the Ypres senator Félix Struye de Swielande, who obtained hereditary nobility in 1908. He was a son of Pierre Struye De Swielande (1908-1984) and of Cecile de Brouwer (1911-1997). Pierre Struye was president of the Court of Appeal in Ghent.

Education

Struye De Swielande held a doctorate in law from the Catholic University of Leuven, a master's degree in law from University College London and a diploma from the London School of Economics. At the University of Ghent he also obtained a master's degree in European law.

Career

On 1 February 1974, Struye began his career as a diplomat. Among other things, he was active as a diplomat in various countries, such as (Austria, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zaire and the United States).

From 1984 to 1987 he was legal adviser in the Cabinet of Leo Tindemans, and from 1987 to 1990 consul general and Deputy permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva. In 1990 he was in charge of the European Department of the Belgian Ministry of foreign affairs, in 1991 and 1992 he was chief of staff in the Cabinet of Mark Eysken. From 1992 to 1994 he was diplomatic adviser and Deputy Chief of staff to Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene and in the period 1994 and 1995 director general in the Ministry of foreign affairs.

In the period 1995-96, Struye headed the Cabinet of Reginald Moreels. From 1997 to 2002 he was the Belgian ambassador to Germany. From 2002 to 2006 he was Permanent Representative of Belgium to NATO. On 29 december 2006, he became ambassador of Belgium to the United States. In February 2009, he began his last foreign assignment, as ambassador to Congo. From 2012 to 2014 he was diplomatic advisor to Minister for Defence Pieter de Crem.

On 17 september 2014, Struye De Swielande was granted the personal title of baron. Dominique baron Struye De Swielande died in October 2015 at the age of 68. Private

Dominique Struye remained single.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2004	3 June 2004	6 June 2004	Italy Stresa	The 52nd such meeting. 126 recorded guests
Brussels Forum/2007			Belgium Brussels	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2008			Belgium Brussels	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Brussels Forum/2014	21 March 2014	24 March 2014	Belgium Brussels	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The theme in 2014 was A World in Transition

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