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]
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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