Peter Van Kemseke

• Deputy Chief of Cabinet Multilateral Affairs at the Belgian Foreign Ministry

• Guest Professor Faculty of Social Sciences

Contact Data

• Telephone +32 475603884
• E-mail: peter.vankemseke@diplobel.fed.be

Short Bio

Peter Van Kemseke studied contemporary history and global politics in Leuven, Hull and Los Angeles and holds a PhD in the history of international relations (KULeuven, 2001). In 2001, he joined the Belgian diplomatic service, and served at the OSCE, NATO and the UN in New York, during Belgium's 2007-2008 membership of the UN Security Council. In 2009, Peter joined the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU, where he was ‘Mertens’ (Deputy COREPER I-Ambassador) during the Belgian EU-Presidency (July-December 2010). Later he was acting COREPER I-Ambassador, before joining the cabinet of the Foreign Affairs Minister.

His academic publications include books on diplomatic culture ('Diplomatieke Cultuur'), the globalization of ideologies ('Towards an Era of Development. The Globalization of Socialism and Christian Democracy, 1945-1965') and on Belgian foreign policy ('België in de Veiligheidsraad 1946-2006' en ‘België aan het Hoofd van Europa’). He is an affiliated member of the 'Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies', teaches the course 'Political currents in Europe' at the KULeuven 'Master of European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives'-program and is a Guest Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciencies.