Gaston Stronck

Stronck presenting his credentials to Vladimir Putin in December 2007.

Gaston Stronck (born 15 December 1957 in Echternach) is a Luxembourgish diplomat. Currently he is Secretary general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg. He was Director for International Economic Relations and European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He was Ambassador of Luxembourg to India from 2011 to 2014. He presented his credentials to the Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on November 1, 2011. He was Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Belarus from 2007 to 2011. He presented his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 11 December 2007.^[1]

Before taking the post in Moscow, Gaston Stronck was Ambassador of Luxembourg to Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden (2003-2007) and the first Ambassador of Luxembourg to the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the European Union (EU) (2000-2003).

He is a former associate professor of the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) in Maastricht.

He holds a Ph.D. in History and Defence Studies of the University of Montpellier. In June 2010 he became Doctor h.c. of the Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU). He speaks Luxembourgish, French, German, English, Dutch and Russian.

References

↑ "Vladimir Putin accepted the credentials of the new ambassadors of several foreign countries". The Kremlin, Moscow: Presidential Press and Information Office. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-10-07.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by	Ambassador of Luxembourg to Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus 2007 – 2011	Succeeded by
Preceded by Marc Courte	Ambassador of Luxembourg to India 2011 – 2014	Succeeded by Sam Schreiner

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[11dec07-1] "Vladimir Putin accepted the credentials of the new ambassadors of several foreign countries". The Kremlin, Moscow: Presidential Press and Information Office. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-10-07.