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The Embassy of the United States in Brussels is the chief diplomatic mission of the United States in Belgium. The complex of the embassy currently consists of three buildings situated around the Rue Ducale / Hertogsstraat, the Rue Zinner / Zinnerstraat and the Boulevard du Régent / Regentlaan, where the headquarters is (at no. 27).
U.S. Embassy - Brussels In 1832, shortly after the creation of the Kingdom of Belgium , the United States established diplomatic relations. Since that time, a long line of distinguished envoys have represented American interests in Belgium.
Deputy United States Trade Representative (Asia, Africa, Investment, Services, Textiles, and Industrial Competitiveness) Vacant since January 29, 2024 (N/A) Deputy United States Trade Representative (Geneva Office) Maria Pagan: PA March 10, 2022 Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative Doug McKalip: PA
Applicants for State Department FSO jobs go through a highly competitive written exam, oral assessment, and security investigation process before they are eligible to be hired. Of the more than 100,000 applicants for State Department FSO positions between 2001 and 2006, only 2,100 became Foreign Service officers. [ 5 ]
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
Brussels is unique in that it is not only the seat of the Belgian Government, but also of the European Commission, which is the executive wing of the European Union to which countries accredit representatives, and of the NATO. Thus, a country can maintain up to three missions in Brussels: one to Belgium, one to the EU, and one to the NATO.
The current United States Ambassador to the European Union is Mark Henry Gitenstein (born March 7, 1947), an American lawyer and diplomat who is serving as the United States ambassador to the European Union since 2022. He was nominated by President Joe Biden on July 27, 2021, and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 2021.
Map of Belgian diplomatic missions. The Kingdom of Belgium is unique in having three networks of representation — one for the Belgian federal state, another for Dutch-speaking community and Flemish Region, and a third one for the French-speaking Community and the Walloon region, often comprising international missions of the Brussels-Capital Region and, more rarely, the German-speaking ...