Member of Advisory Board
Brief info
Ambassador Delcorde is a member of the Belgian diplomatic service since 1986. He was posted to Islamabad, New York UN, Vienna OSCE, Washington DC (as minister-counselor). Then, he serves as Belgium’s Ambassador to Sweden (2003-07), to Poland (May 2010 - August 2014) and to Canada (2014-18). Previously, he worked as Deputy Director General for multilateral affairs at Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was promoted to the rank of minister plenipotentiary (1st class). And lately he served as director Middle-East/North Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retired from the foreign service in April 2020, Ambassador Delcorde is a Guest Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Européennes of the Université Catholique de Louvain (from 2007 onwards). He is author of seven books on international affairs and of 30 articles. He is a Member of the Belgian Royal Academy (Académie Royale de Belgique) and the Académie des sciences d'outre-mer in France. Specialties: EU affairs, multilateral negociation, Middle East, evolution of the western diplomacy.