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Belgian ambassador plans Nov. 8 visit to BYU

The Belgian ambassador to the United States will speak on relations between the two countries at a Brigham Young University Ambassadorial Insights Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

His Excellency Dominique Struye de Swielande was appointed ambassador in 2006, having previously been Belgium’s representative to NATO and ambassador to Germany, among other prominent governmental positions.

Struye received a master’s of law degree from the University College London, a master’s degree in European law from the University of Ghent and a doctorate in law from the Catholic University of Leuven.

This lecture will be archived online. For more information on David M. Kennedy Center events, see the calendar online at kennedy.byu.edu.

Writer: Marissa Ballantyne

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Photo by Jeffrey Durrant

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