KASEL (Jean-Jacques)

- Born on 17 January 1946 in Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

- Nationality: Luxembourgish

- Official in the Directorate for International Economic Affairs at the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1973‒1976)

- Legation Secretary at the Luxembourg Embassy in Paris and Deputy Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mediator with the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) (1976‒1979)

- Head of the Private Office of the Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gaston Thorn (1979‒1981)

- Deputy Head of the Private Office of the President of the European Commission, Gaston Thorn (1981)

- Director of the Budget and Staff Regulations at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Communities (1981‒1985)

- Policy Officer at the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the Council of the European Communities (1984‒1985)

- Director of Political and Cultural Affairs at the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1986‒1992)

- Ambassador to Greece with residence in Luxembourg (1989)

- Chairman of the Political Affairs Committee on European Political Cooperation (EPC) (1991)

- Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the Council of the European Communities (1992-1993), then to the Council of the European Union (1993‒1998)

- Chairman of the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) of the Council of the European Union (1997-1998)

- Ambassador to Belgium and Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (1998‒2002)

- Chamberlain to HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2002‒2007)

- Nominated as member of the Court of Justice of the European Communities (2007)

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