Edmonde Dever

Edmonde Dever (1921[1] - 2010) was a Belgian diplomat who became Belgium's permanent representative at the United Nations in 1981,[2] having previously deputised in the role.[3]

Dever was born in Brussels, and studied at the University of Liège and the Free University of Brussels.[1] After graduating with a BA in history, she obtained a doctorate in Law, and entered Belgium's diplomatic service in 1946, initially serving in colonial administration.[4] She was posted to Belgium's embassy in the UK in 1949, in 1959 to Johannesburg, South Africa, and shortly afterwards to Luanda, Angola.[1]

Dever served as Belgium's ambassador to Sweden from 1973 to 1978 and to Austria from 1978 to 1981. Her appointment as UN representative lasted from 1981 to 1988.[5]

Honours accorded to Dever include Belgium's Order of Leopold and Order of the Crown, Luxembourg's Order of the Oak, Sweden's Order of the Polar Star and Austria's Order of Merit.[1]

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  2. ^ Women of Europe. Commission of the European Communities. 1980.
  3. ^ United States. Mission to the United Nations (March 1969). Permanent Missions to the United Nations: Officers Entitled to Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities.
  4. ^ Marina Boudart; Michel Boudart (1990). Modern Belgium. Society for the Promotion of Science and Scholarship.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Delcorde2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).