Background
Cassiers, Juan was born on May 11, 1931 in Middlekerke, Belgium.
Cassiers, Juan was born on May 11, 1931 in Middlekerke, Belgium.
Graduate, St. Jean Berchmans College, Brussels, Belgium graduate, Catholic U. Louvain, Belgium.
Secretary, Embassy of Belgium, Washington, 1962-1967; deputy permanent representative of Belgium to Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1970-1973; permanent representative, Paris, 1987-1991; minister-counsellor, Beijing, 1974-1976; minister-counsellor, Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, 1976-1979; head political and military affairs, Ministry Foreign Affairs, Brussels, 1979-1981; principal private secretary to minister foreign affairs, Ministry Foreign Affairs, Brussels, 1981; permanent representative of Belgium to North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Ministry Foreign Affairs, Brussels, 1983-1987; Belgian ambassador to the United States, Washington, 1991-1994; Belgian ambassador to Holy See, Rome, since 1994.
M. Daisy Lannoy, 1956. 4 children.