Baron van Daele joined the Belgian foreign service in 1971. In the seventies and eighties he served twice as a junior officer to Belgium’s Permanent Representation to the EU, as the Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, and as his country’s alternate representative in the Security Council. As Undersecretary for Political Affairs, as Permanent Representative to the EU, and later as Chief of Staff to the first permanent President of the European Council he was deeply involved in setting the EU agenda. Both as Ambassador in Washington and as Permanent Representative of Belgium to NATO he focused on the transatlantic relationship. After completing his diplomatic career he served as Chief of Staff to HM the King of the Belgians. On retirement he was made a Minister of State.
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