King Baudouin of Belgium this week appointed a Jewish diplomat to serve as “Grand Marechal de la Cour,” equivalent of Chief of Protocol of the Royal Court and head of the King’s civil list and court administration.
Sylvain Frey, 62, a member of a Jewish family in Antwerp, was appointed to what is one of the highest official posts in the country. He will assume his post in December.
Frey, a career diplomat, has served up till now as the Belgian Ambassador in Dublin and has occupied various top level posts at the Foreign Ministry. He is also a former professor at the Flemish section of Brussels University. Frey succeeds Herman Dehennin, who has been appointed Belgian Ambassador to the United States.
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