Edmonde Dever

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Edmonde Dever (1921 [1] - 2010) was a Belgian diplomat who became Belgium's permanent representative at the United Nations in 1981, [2] having previously deputised in the role. [3]

Dever was born in Brussels, and studied at the University of Liège and the Free University of Brussels. [1] After graduating with a BA in history, she obtained a doctorate in Law, and entered Belgium's diplomatic service in 1946, initially serving in colonial administration. [4] She was posted to Belgium's embassy in the UK in 1949, in 1959 to Johannesburg, South Africa, and shortly afterwards to Luanda, Angola. [1]

Dever served as Belgium's ambassador to Sweden from 1973 to 1978 and to Austria from 1978 to 1981. Her appointment as UN representative lasted from 1981 to 1988. [5]

Honours accorded to Dever include Belgium's Order of Leopold and Order of the Crown, Luxembourg's Order of the Oak, Sweden's Order of the Polar Star and Austria's Order of Merit. [1]

Personal life

Dever never married. An opera enthusiast who enjoyed sport and took up skiing during her time in the United States, she later began to suffer from a muscular degenerative condition. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The International Who's Who, 1989-90. Europa Publications. August 1989. ISBN   978-0-946653-50-8.
  2. ↑ Women of Europe. Commission of the European Communities. 1980.
  3. ↑ United States. Mission to the United Nations (March 1969). Permanent Missions to the United Nations: Officers Entitled to Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities.
  4. ↑ Marina Boudart; Michel Boudart (1990). Modern Belgium . Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship.
  5. 1 2 Delcorde (2010). Belgian diplomats. Editions Mardaga. pp. 154–5. ISBN   978-2-8047-0058-4.
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