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LIST OF COLLEGE OF ALUMNI HOLDING HIGH POSITIONS

SURNAME Given name Promotion Citizenship Function ACCILI - SABBATINI Maria 1979-1980 (IT) Ambassador of to (Budapest) (since 30.05.2012) Assunta ADINOLFI Gaetano 1950-1951 (IT) President of the European Cinema Support Fund “EURIMAGES” (Council of Europe), (retired) Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe (1978 – 1993), elected by the Parliamentary Assembly for a period of five years, then twice re-elected. AGUIAR MACHADO João 1983-1984 (PT) - Director General DG MARE (September 2015 - present) – European Luis, PAVÃO de Commission - Director-General DG "Mobility and Transport" (MOVE) (May 2014 - August 2015) – - Deputy Director-General, for services, investment, intellectual property, government procurement, bilateral trade relations with Asia, Africa and Latin America, DG TRADE (January 2009 - April 2014) – European Commission - Deputy Director-General in charge of Asia and Latin America, DG EXTERNAL RELATIONS (September 2007 - December 2008) – European Commission - Director, for trade in services and investment, bilateral trade relations with the Americas and the Far East, DG TRADE (January 2007 - September 2007) – European Commission

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- Director, for trade in services and investment; agriculture, SPS; sustainable development. Bilateral trade relations with China, DG TRADE (April 2004 - December 2006) - European Commission - Head of Unit, Trade in services, DG TRADE (April 2001 - March 2004) – European Commission - Head of Unit, WTO Dispute settlement and trade barriers regulation, DG TRADE (November 1998 - March 2001) – European Commission AMADEI Paola 1986-1987 (IT) Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and Cayman Islands (since 3.08.2011) Former Head of Delegation of the European Union to the State of Eritrea ÁRNASON Árni Páll 1991-1992 (IS) Leader of the Social (February 2013-) Icelandic of Business Affairs (02-09-2010-31.12-2011) Icelandic Minister of Social Affairs (10.05.2009-02.09.2010) AYHAN Akif 1991-1992 (TR) Ambassador of Turkey in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (2006 – 2010) BABASSIKA Ioanna 1973-1974 (GR) Greek human rights lawyer Member of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (since 2000) BALEIRAS Rui Nuno, GARCIA 1985-1986 (PT) Secretary of State for Regional Development (2005 - 2009), DE PINA NEVES BERARDIS Guido 1973-1974 (IT) Judge at the EU General Court (17.09.2012) BERGERON Pierre-Olivier 1988-1989 (FR) Secretary general of Brewers of Europe (since January 2010) BIANKU Ledi 1996-1997 (AL) Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (since 1.02.2008) BIEVER Christian 1992-1993 (LU) Ambassador of to BİLİR Mehmet 1990-1991 (TR) Consul General of the Turkish Republic in Lyon – (since September 2009) BLAZHESKA Anna 2012-2013 (MK) State Secretary for European Affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Since Nov. 2015) BÖCK Helmut 1981-1982 (AT) Ambassador, Permanent Representative of to the United Nations in Vienna (since 2008) BOISSIÈRE Bruno 1979-1980 (FR) Directeur du Bureau du Centre international de formation européenne (CIFE) à Bruxelles (depuis janvier 2006) Dijver 11 · 8000 Brugge · Belgium/Belgique T +32 50 47 71 11 · F +32 50 47 71 10 · [email protected]

Ancien Député et Vice-président du groupe des Verts au Parlement européen (1991-1994) BURNS - LAFFAN Brigit 1976-1977 (IE) Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (EUI) (since 2013) BYCZEWSKI Iwo 1971-1972 (PL) Ambassador of to Belgium and Luxembourg (2002-2007) CANGELOSI Rocco Antonio 1967-1968 (IT) Diplomatic counsellor of the President of Italy Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union (2004- 2008) CARREWYN Leopold 1967-1968 (BE) Honorary Ambassador – Retired since 2011 Former ambassador of Belgium to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago (2010-2011) Former ambassador of Belgium to Ethiopia (1999-2010) Former ambassador of Belgium to Zimbabwe (1995-1999) CESKA Franz 1958-1959 (AT) Ambassador of Austria to France (1997-2001) Secretary General of the Federation of Austrian Industry (1992-1997) Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva (1988- 1991) Ambassador of Austria to Belgium (1982-1988) CHRISTOFFERSEN Poul Skytte 1972-1973 (DK) Ambassador of to Belgium (January 2011 - ) Special adviser to ’s private office (March 2010 – December 2010) Head of of , for Agriculture and Rural Development, (2006-2009) Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the European Institutions (1995-2003) CLEGG Nicholas 1991-1992 (UK) Member of the British Parliament (MP) (May 2015 - ) (Nick)William Peter Deputy Prime Minister of the (June 2010 - May 2015) Leader of the Liberal Democrats Member of the (1999-2004) COENE Luc 1970-1971 (BE) Director - (ECB) - Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) (since 11.03-2015) Governor of the (01.04.2011 - 10.03.2015) Dijver 11 · 8000 Brugge · Belgium/Belgique T +32 50 47 71 11 · F +32 50 47 71 10 · [email protected]

Vice-governor of the National Bank of Belgium (2003-2011) COLASANTI Fabio 1975-1976 (IT) Director-General, DG Information Society and Media (INFSO) at the European Commission, (retired 1.04.2010) COOPER Jeremy 1973-1974 (UK) Producer BBC Open University Learning ÇORAT-CANIVAR Saniye 1979-1980 (TR) Director of the Division for Gender Equality, Office of the Director- Gülser General, UNESCO, Paris - France CORNET d’ELZIUS François 1989-1990 (BE) Consul general of Belgium in Milan – Italy COSTANTINI Silvia 1997-1998 (IT) First Counsellor of the Delegation of the European Union to (since October 2011) COULON Emmanuel 1991-1992 (FR) Registrar of the General Court of the European Union (CURIA) since 6 October 2005. DE ZWAAN Jaap Willem 1972-1973 (NL) Director of the Institute of International Relations Clingendael (2005-2011) Dutch diplomat and negotiator of several European treaties Professor of EU Law at the University Rotterdam DELPHIN Hervé 1990-1991 (FR) Deputy Head of Cabinet of , Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response – European Commission DESCHEEMAECKER Marc 1977-1978 (BE) • Member Board of Directors - April 2015 – Present • Chairman of the Board of Directors - De Lijn December 2014 – Present • Non-Executive Director - Vitrufin (prev. Ethias Finance) October 2014 – Present • Non-Executive Director - Gimv October 2014 – Present • Independent Non-Executive Director - HRD Antwerp January 2014 – Present • Chairman of the Board of Directors - Brussels Airport Company (BAC) December 2013 – Present

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 Director Eurostar Ltd Managing Director of the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS) (November 2002 – August 2013) DJAMIĆ Anica 1987-1988 (HR) Ambassador, Permanent Representative of to the Council of Europe DO(W)GIELEWICZ Mikołaj 1995-1996 (PL) Vice-Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank (since 30 Marek March 2012) Secretary of State for European affairs and economic policy and of the Committee for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland (2010-2012) DONNELLY Martin Eugene 1979-1980 (UK) Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of the United Kingdom (since October 2010) EGELUND Niels 1970-1971 (DK) Ambassador of Denmark in Paris, France (2003-2009), Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO (1999 – 2003) FAULL Jonathan 1976-1977 (UK) - Director-General DG "Task Force for Strategic Issues related to the UK Referendum" in SG (01 September 2015 - ) – European Commission - Director-General DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and (FISMA) (July 2010 - August 2015) (DG Internal Market and Services (MARKT) became DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union on 1 January 2015.) – European Commission - Director-General of Justice and Home Affairs (later Justice, Freedom and Security (2003 - 2010) – European Commission - Commission’s Spokesman and subsequently Director-General, DG Press and Communication (1999 - 2003) – European Commission FETTE - JORNA Kerstin 1985-1986 (DE) Deputy Head of Cabinet of , European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services - – European Commission FINLAY - GEOGHEGAN Mary 1972-1973 (IE) Judge of the High Court of Ireland Elizabeth FOGG Karen 1967-1968 (UK) Former Secretary-General of IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) FRÉCHETTE Louise 1977-1978 (CA) United Nations Deputy Secretary-General (1997–2005)

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Deputy Minister of National Defence of from (1995-1998) Permanent representative of Canada to the United Nations (1992 - 1994) Ambassador of Canada in Buenos Aires, Argentina in (1985 – 1989) FRIDEN Georges 1986-1987 (LU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxemburg: General Director of Political Affairs, First Class Counsellor of Legation, Deputy Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the European Commission FULCI Francesco Paolo 1955-1956 (IT) Vice President of "Ferrero International" Group President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) (1999) Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations (1993-1999) Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Italy to NATO (1985 – 1991) GADIS Karolos 1977-1978 (GR) Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina GENNA Innocenzo Maria 1991-1992 (IT) Chairman of ECTA (European Competitive Telecoms Association) General Counsel of Tiscali S.p.A (2002 – 2009) GRIFFO Vittorio 1967-1968 (IT) Director-General, DG Agriculture and Fisheries at the Council of the European Union (retired in June 2010) GÜCÜK Ömer 1989-1990 (TR) Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey: Deputy Director General, EU Accession Process to Turkey HACKL - STIX Christine 1981-1982 (AT) Ambassador of Austria to the Permanent Representation of Austria to the United Nations (Vienna), IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO (since June 2012) Ambassador of Austria to Luxembourg (September 2007 - 2012) Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (2000-2006) HARAZIM Artur Mariusz 1992-1993 (PL) Ambassador of Poland to the Kingdom of Belgium (since January 2012) HELLWIG - BÖTTE Margit 1984-1985 (DE) Ambassador to Kenya and also responsible for the Seychelles and Somalia (17.08. 2009-)

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HODAČ Ivan František 1975-1976 (DK) Former secretary general of the European Automobile Apollo Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), (2001-2013) HOORNAERT Chris Leo Clark 1985-1986 (BE) Ambassador of the Antwerp Port Authority (since September 2009) Permanent Representative of Belgium to the OECD (August 2007 – August 2011) HUGHES Simon Henry Ward 1974-1975 (UK) Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (since May 2010) President of the Liberal Democrats (2004 – 2008) HUYNEN Paul 1985-1986 (BE) Former Deputy Head of Mission, Plenipotentiary Minister, Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Paris JAEGER Marc Marie Jean- 1979-1980 (LU) President of the EU General Court (since 17 September 2007) Pierre Court of Justice of the European Union, Judge at the Court of First Instance (now the General Court) (since 11 July 1996) JAMAR Joseph (Jimmy) 1974-1975 (BE) Head of the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the European Marie Michel René Union (since 01.03.2012). JERVELL Sverre Sveinsønn 1968-1969 (NO) Minister at the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin, JESPERSEN Lene Louise Bang 1990-1991 (DK) Ambassador of Denmark to Belgium and Luxembourg (since 30 September 2010) JINGA Ion 1991-1992 (RO) Ambassador of to the United Kingdom (since 7 March 2008) Ambassador of Romania to the Kingdom of Belgium (2003 – 2008) JOFFE Josef 1965-1966 (DE) Publisher-editor of Die Zeit and adjunct professor of political science at Stanford Univesity JONES Christopher Wingfield 1983-1984 (UK) - Deputy Director-General "Coordination of Directorates A, B and C” in the Energy Directorate-General (01 November 2014 - ) – European Commission - Head of Cabinet of , Commissioner for Development (January 2010 - October 2014) – European Commission KAHR Claudia 1978-1979 (AT) Chairman of Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen-Finanzierungs- (ASFINAG) (since June 2010) Judge at the Austrian Constitutional Court (since 1999) KAYMAKÇI Faruk 1999-2000 (TR) Consul General of the Turkish Republic in Basra – Iraq (since 2011)

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Secretariat General of Turkey for EU Affairs: Diplomatic Adviser to Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator & Director for Civil Society, Communication and Culture KELLER Helen 1993-1994 (CH) Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (since April 2011) Professor of International Law at the University of Zurich Member of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations KINNOCK Stephen Nathan 1992-1993 (UK) Elected Member of the British Parliament (MP) for Aberavon in Wales at the United Kingdom General Election (since 08 May 2015) Director, Head of Europe and Central Asia at the (2009 – 2012), Director of the British Council in St Petersburg (2005 – 2008) KJELDSEN Berno 1969-1970 (DK) Ambassador of Denmark to Croatia (2005-) Ambassador of Denmark to (2001-2005) Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO (1974-1988) KOBIA Roland Albert Jean 1990-1991 (BE) Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Azerbaijan KREPPEL Horstpeter 1973-1974 (DE) Judge at the Civil Service Tribunal since 6 October 2005 KUGLITSCH Franz Josef 1980-1981 (AT) Ambassador of Austria in Tel Aviv, Israel (November 2011-) LE BORGN’ Pierre-Yves 1988-1989 (FR) Member of the French National Assembly (deputy). Mandate until June 2017. LEES Robert Martin 1969-1970 (UK) Former Secretary General of the Club of Rome LEINEN Josef (Jo) 1972-1973 (DE) Member of European Parliament, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (since 1999), President of the Union of European Federalists (since 1997), Minister of the Environment in the State of Saarland (1985-1994) LEMAÎTRE Marc 1995-1996 (LU) Head of Cabinet of , Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget LOECKX - DROSDIAK Renildis 1973-1974 (BE) Board Member at EORTC, Cancer Research Fund, Washington DC, (Renilde) USA Ambassador of Belgium to the Dijver 11 · 8000 Brugge · Belgium/Belgique T +32 50 47 71 11 · F +32 50 47 71 10 · [email protected]

LÓPEZ NADAL Juan Manuel 1974-1975 (ES) Ambassador at Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Consul-General of Spain in Hong Kong at Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation(since August 2011) LORIOT Guillaume 1991-1992 (FR) Deputy Head of Cabinet of Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner for Competition – European Commission LOURTIE Pedro Manuel, 1993-1994 (PT) Government of Portugal: Secretary of State for European Affairs CARQUEIJEIRO (31.10.2009-20.06.2011), Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff (15.05.2006 to October 26.10.2009) LUCAS Sylvie 1988-1989 (LU) Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations (since 25.08.2008) President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) (2009) MARÍN GONZÁLEZ Manuel 1973-1974 (ES) President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain (02.04.2004 – María 15.01.2008) Member of the European Commission (January 1986 – September 1999)(President during the interim Marin Commission following the Resignation of the (March 1999 – September 1999)) MARTIN Jack Peter 1957-1958 (UK) Deputy Director-General of the International Labour Organization MARTINEZ ALBEROLA - 1986-1987 (ES) Advisor to José Manuel Barroso, President of the European MEROLA Clara Commission MAYR-HARTING Thomas 1977-1978 (AT) EU Ambassador to the United Nations in New York (since fall 2011) Head, EU Delegation to the United Nations (since 16.10.2011) Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations (09.12.2008 – 31.12.2010) President of the UN Security Council (in November 2009) Special Representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister for the Western Balkans (2002-2004) Ambassador of Austria in Brussels, Belgium (1999-2003) Head of the Austrian Mission to NATO (1999-2003) McINTYRE Ian James 1953-1954 (UK) Associate editor of ‘’ (1987-)

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(† 2014) Retired British BBC Radio producer, journalist, broadcaster and author (1976-1987) McWILLIAMS David 1988-1989 (IE) Irish journalist, broadcaster and economist MELAN Andreas 1984-1985 (AT) Ambassador of Austria in Lima, Peru, Bolivia (December 2009-) Ambassador of Austria in Colombia and Ecuador (April 2012-) MICHAEL Holger 1977-1978 (DE) Ambassador of Germany to Bangladesh (2009-) MISSORTEN Luk Gaston 1978-1979 (BE) CEO of Corelio (Significant media group in Belgium, this company not Gilbert only publishes several newspapers such as De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, or of the group Vers l'Avenir but is also involved in the audiovisual sector, advertising and e-media.) MOAVERO MILANESI Enzo 1981-1982 (IT) Minister for European Affairs of Italy, Court of Justice of the European Union, Judge at the Court of First Instance (3 May 2006 – November 2011), Deputy Secretary-General of the European Commission (2002 – 2006) MOHAMAD Gunawan 1965-1966 (ID) Founder and editor of Tempo ("Time") magazine in Indonesia. (Goenawan) Soesatyo Awards: International Editor of the Year Award (1999), CPJ International Press Freedom Award (1998) MOLDE Jørgen 1976-1977 (DK) Ambassador of Denmark to (since 17.01.2011), Ambassador of Denmark to Belgium (2006-2010) MOSCOSO DEL PRADO y 1991-1992 (ES) Member of Parliament of Spain, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party HERNÁNDEZ Juan (PSOE) spokesman in the European Union Committee and is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Development Committee and the Inter-Parliamentary Union MÜLLER Vladimír 1994-1995 (CZ) Advisor to the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic (Since 2013) Independent Consultant (2012-2013) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic (2011-2012) Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Brussels, Belgium (October 2006 - June 2011) Deputy Foreign Minister for EU Affairs (2004-2006) Secretary of the international Social Democrats (2000-2004)

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MFA-Czech Republic’s Integration into NATO and the (1996-1999) NAVARRO PORTERA Miguel 1973-1974 (ES) Ambassador of Spain to Japan (16 November 2010-) Ángel NOLAN Barbara Mary 1980-1981 (IE) Head of the European Commission Representation in Ireland NORBOM Jon Ola Hauger 1952-1953 (NO) Minister of Finance of (1972-1973) O’SULLIVAN David 1975-1976 (IE) EU Ambassador to the US in Washington, DC (since 2014) Chief Operating Officer of the European External Action Service (2011 - 2014) Director General for Trade, European Commission (2005 - 2010) Secretary General of the European Commission (2000 – 2005) OBERSTAR James (Jim) Louis 1956-1957 (US) Former U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 8th congressional district († 2014) (1975 – January 2011) Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (2007 – January 2011) ØE Hendrik 1992-1993 (DK) Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Union Saugmandsgaard OLAVARRÍA de TEZANOS- 1958-1959 (VE) Member of the Constituent Assembly of Venezuela (1999) PINTO Jorge († 2005) Presidential candidate for the party ‘OPINA’ (Opinion) in 1983 and 1988 Elected to the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies in 1963 and re- elected in 1968 Editor of the magazine Resumen (1973-1984) Ambassador to Great Britain (1969-1970) OLCAY Hakan 1987-1988 (TR) Advisor, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey

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ONIDI Olivier 1989-1990 (FR) Deputy Head of Cabinet of Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy ÖZYILDIZ (Süleyman) İnan 1988-1989 (TR) Ambassador designate – Deputy Director General for Security and Intelligence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey PAHR Willibald Peter 1953-1954 (AT) Chairman of the Advisory Board, ICMPD (International Centre for Migration Policy Development) Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria (1976-1983) PAIJMANS Martijn Joseph 1959-1960 (NL) Vice President of the World Bank(1979-1987) Willem Marie PARIAT - SPANGENBERG 1979-1980 (FR) Director-General – DG Humanitarian and Civil Protection (DG ECHO) Monique Marie (as from 1 September 2015) Former Director "Management of resources" – Directorate-General Agriculture (DG AGRI) (January 2007 - May 2009) PEJČINOVIĆ-BURIĆ Marija 1993-1994 (HR) Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2008 Former State Secretary for European Affairs (2004 – 2008) PLASSNIK – STOUDMANN 1979-1980 (AT) Ambassador of Austria to France (since September 2011) Ursula Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria (October 2004 - December 2008) POPOSKI Nikola 2004-2005 (MK) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia (since July 2011) Ambassador, Head of Mission of Macedonia to the EU (2010–2011) PRATS MONNÉ Xavier 1981-1982 (ES) - Director-General for DG SANTE (01 September 2015 - ) - Director-General for Education and Culture, Directorate-General Education and Culture (EAC), European Commission (August 2014 - August 2015) - Deputy Director-General responsible for Directorates dealing with "Europe 2020: Policy development and country analysis", "Education and vocational training" and "Higher education and international affairs" - Directorate-General Education and Culture (EAC) (January 2011 - July 2014) Dijver 11 · 8000 Brugge · Belgium/Belgique T +32 50 47 71 11 · F +32 50 47 71 10 · [email protected]

- Director for Employment Policy, and International Relations – Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL) (May 2006 - December 2010) - Director, ESF country programming and implementation. Employment and Social inclusion analysis. Preparation for EU enlargement to and Croatia (DG EMPL) (2004 - 2006) RAA Torolf 1959-1960 (NO) Norwegian Ambassador to South Korea (1997-2001) Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia (1988-1994) Norwegian Ambassador to Iraq (1983-1988) RASMUSSEN - SVENDSEN 1997-1998 (DK) Danish Ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia (since 2013) Merete Juhl ROSSIER Yves 1985-1986 (CH) Secretary of State at the Swiss Foreign Ministry (from 1 May 2012) Director of the Swiss Federal Social Insurance Office (since 2004) RUSHWORTH - WALLACE 1967- (UK) Expert in European Studies Helen Sarah (Lady) 1968 Foreign Secretary and Vice President of the British Academy (since November 2011) Fellow of the British Academy (2000) Alumni of the Year Award 2008 ŠAHOVIĆ Almir 1992-1993 (BA) Ambassadeur, Représentant Permanent de Bosnie-Herzégovine auprès du Conseil de l'Europe (depuis 17 septembre 2012) SCHAUB (Franz) Alexander 1965-1966 (DE) Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LPP; Antitrust, Competition and Trade group (ACT) (since February 2007) European Commission, Director General for Internal Market and Services (2002-2006) European Commission, Director General for Competition (1995-2002) SCHINAS Margaritis 1985-1986 (GR) Deputy Director of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers by Commission President José Manuel Barroso (2010-) Member of the European Parliament (2007-2009) Chef de cabinet for the Cypriot Commissioner (2004-2007) SCHÖPFLIN György András 1962-1963 (UK / HU) Member of the European Parliament, Group of the European People’s Party, Hungary

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SCHUBERL - HAKENBERG 1979-1980 (DE) Court of Justice of the European Union, Registrar of the Civil Service Waltraud Tribunal (since 30 November 2005) SCHUBERT Melitta 1987-1988 (AT) Ambassador, Head of the Protocol Department at the Austrian Foreign Ministry in Athens, Greece SENNINGER Jean-Paul 1983-1984 (LU) Ambassador & Secretary General of the Government Council of Luxembourg SERPA SOARES João Miguel, 1991-1992 (PT) Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal FERREIRA DE Counsel SLETNER Siri Ellen 1979-1980 (NO) Norwegian Ambassador to the Czech Republic (Since 2014) SMADJA Danièle 1974-1975 (FR) Former Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to India SMITH Alyn Edward 1994-1995 (UK) Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance SOLOVIEFF Martine 1981-1982 (LU) Prosecutor General of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Government SOYSAL (Rauf) Engin 1987-1988 (TR) Ambassador-Undersecretary, Republic of Turkey - Ministry for EU Affairs (since 2015) Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Turkey to the Council of Europe (until 2014) SPENGEMANN Sven Michael 1998-1999 (CA) Member of the Canadian Parliament (Liberals) for Mississauga— Lakeshore (CA), (Since October 2015) SPITAELS Guy († 2012) 1957-1958 (BE) Minister-President of the Walloon (1992-1994) Former Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium Minister of State of Belgium (1977 – 1981) Award Cents Wallons du siècle, bestowed by Jules Destrée Institute in1995. STUBB (Cai-Göran) 1994-1995 (FI) Minister of Finance of (29 May 2015 – ) Alexander Prime Minister of Finland (24 June 2014 – 28 May 2015 ) Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland (June 2011 – 23 June 2014) Minister for Foreign Affairs (April 2008 – June 2011) Member of the European Parliament (2004 – 2008)

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SUARDI Massimo 1992-1993 (IT) Deputy Head of Cabinet of , Commissioner of Economic and monetary affairs and the SUPERTI Valentina 1988-1989 (IT) Adviser to , Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship SZALAMACH Pawel 1993-1994 (PL) PiS Ministry of Finance (Since Nov. 2015), PiS Deputy (2011-Nov. 2015),Jurist, Treasure State Secretary (2005-2007). SZPUNAR Maciej 1995-1996 (PL) Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Union (CURIA) Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Undersecretary of State for legal and treaty affairs.

TANGHE Christiaan (Chris) G. 1973-1974 (BE) Ambassador of Belgium in Abu Dhabi to the United Arab Emirates C. (since 15.08.2012) Ambassador of Belgium in Jakarta to Indonesia and East Timor (until 15.08.2012) TANTANĂ - LIGOR Maria 1994-1995 (RO) Ambassador of Romania to Spain (since June 2006) THILL Marc 1975-1976 (LU) Ambassador of the Luxembourg in (since 2014) THORNING-SCHMIDT Helle 1992-1993 (DK) Former Prime Minister of Denmark (3 October 2011 - 19 June 2015) Former Leader of the Danish Social Democrats (12 April 2005 - 19 June 2015) Former Member of the European Parliament for Denmark (1999 - 2004) TØNSETH Didrik 1972-1973 (NO) Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (2007-) Ambassador of Norway to South Korea (2006-2011) Ambassador of Norway to North Korea (2007-2011) TRAUTTMANSDORFF 1977-1978 (AT) Ambassador of Austria to Prague, Czech Republic (Since January Ferdinand (Count) 2010-) TRZASKOWSKI Rafał 1996-1997 (PL) of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and the Kazimierz Minister of European Affairs

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Member of the European Parliament for Poland, Group of the European People's Party TURAN Mustafa Osman 1995-1996 (TR) Deputy Permanent Delegate, Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the EU TÜRK Helmut Robert 1963-1964 (AT) Vice president at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (2008-2011) Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (since 01.10.2005) Ambassador of Austria to the Holy See and the Order of (2005- 2006) Chef de cabinet at the Präsidentschaftskanzlei (1999-2004) Ambassador of Austria to the United States and the Bahamas (1993- 1999) TYRIE Andrew Guy 1979-1980 (UK) Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (since May 2010), Conservative Party UNGERER Werner Max 1950-1951 (DE) of the College of Europe, (November 1990 to († 2014) September 1993) Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Germany to the in Brussels (1985 - 1990) VAN DER WOUDE Marc 1983-1984 (NL) Court of Justice of the European Union, Judge at the General Court Hendrik (since 13 September 2010) VAN HOOF Marc 1984-1985 (BE) Legal Service of the European Commission, Director - Principal Legal Adviser, SOC Team (Employment and social affairs, education and culture, health and consumer protection) Former Head of Cabinet of Commissioner VAN HULTEN Michiel Frans 1992-1993 (NL) Chair of the Dutch Labour Party (2005-2007) Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Party of European Socialists (1999-2004) VAN OUTRYVE D’YDEWALLE 1976-1977 (BE) of BNP Paribas Fortis Bertil VANDOREN Paul 1971-1972 (BE) Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Croatia Dijver 11 · 8000 Brugge · Belgium/Belgique T +32 50 47 71 11 · F +32 50 47 71 10 · [email protected]

VERRUE Robert 1968-1969 (FR) European Commission - Director General - Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (since 2009) European Commission, Director General - Taxation & Customs Union (2002-2009) European Commission, Director General – Information Society (January 1996 – June 2002) VÖLKEL Angelika Lydia 1971-1972 (DE) General consul of Germany in Naples – Italy Dorothée († 2009) VON DER GABLENTZ Otto 1952-1953 (DE) Rector of the College of Europe from 1996 until 2001 Martin Ambassador of Germany to: († 2007) - (1993-1995) - Israel (1990-1993) - the Netherlands (1983-1990) VAN DER WOUDE Marc 1983-1984 (NL) President of Chamber at General Court, Court of Justice of the Hendrik European Union WIMMER Per 1993-1994 (DK) Owner of Wimmer Financial Executive Director at Goldman Sachs (1998-2002) Associate at McKinsey & Company (1996-1997) WOSCHNAGG Gregor 1965-1966 (AT) Federation of Austrian Industries - Advisor to the Board, Permanent Representative of Austria to the EU (September 1999 – March 2007) ZELLER Adrien († 2009) 1964-1965 (FR) President of the Regional Council of Alsace, Strasbourg Secretary of State for Social Security (1986 – 1988) ZIMBURG Bernhard 1980-1981 (AT) Ambassador of Austria in Tokyo, Japan (July 2012-) Ambassador of Austria in Jakarta, Indonesia, Singapore and East- Timor (2001-2006) Ambassador of Austria in Algiers, Algeria (1998-2001)

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