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He was born in Antwerp June 16, 1922 and died in Brussels March 22, 2012.
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Marcel Rijmenans
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He held a degree in commercial and consular sciences, Antwerp. He started his professional career at the Belgian Ministry of Public Works in February 1945. In July 1946, Rijmenans began his traineeship in the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Service.
During a career spanning more than four decades, Rijmenans was posted in:
Rome Quirinale (1947–1949)
Master of Fine Arts Brussels (1950–1952)
Santiago de Chile (1952–1955)
San Francisco, California: Consul General (1959–1961)
Bonn (FRG): Minister-Counsellor (1961–1964)
Havana: Ambassador (1964–1966)
Belgrade: Ambassador (1966–1971)
Ottawa: Ambassador (1971–1975)
Master of Fine Arts Brussels: Foreign Service Inspector General (1976–1977)
Rome Quirinale: Ambassador (1978–1983)
His last mission in the Belgian diplomacy led him to Vienna, where he headed, from 1984 to 1987, the Belgian delegation to the MBFR (Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions) negotiations.
Rijmenans retired from the Belgian diplomatic service in August 1987, having been promoted in 1974 to the First Class, the Belgian equivalent of full Ambassadorial rank.
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March 22, 2012 (aged 89)