Michel, Baron van den Abeele is a former Director-General of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

, is actually chairman of the board of the Belgian public owned company APETRA and active in several Belgian charities.

Education

He obtained a master's degree in Economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).

Career

From 1973 until 1976 he was Deputy Head and then Head of Cabinet of Vice- President Henri Simonet. From 1976 until 1978, he was advisor to

François-Xavier Ortoli François-Xavier Ortoli (; 16 February 1925 – 30 November 2007) was a French politician who served as the 5th President of the European Commission from 1973 to 1977. He served as Minister of the Economy of France from 1968 to 1969. Ortoli ...

, President of the European Commission. In 1978, he was advisor to President Roy Jenkins. In 1981, he was advisor to President

Gaston Thorn Gaston Egmond Thorn (3 September 192826 August 2007) was a Luxembourg politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. Amongst the posts that he held were the 19th Prime Minister of Luxembourg ...

. From 1981 until 1986, he was Advisor in the Secretariat-General and then in the EU Directorate-General for Development. From 1986 until 1989, he was Head of Division ''

UNCTAD The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations Secretariat that promotes the interests of developing countries in world trade. It was established in 1964 by the ...

and Commodities'' at the Directorate-General for Development. From 1982 until 1992, he was head of the cabinet of EU Commissioner

Karel Van Miert Karel Antonius Lucia Maria van Miert (; 17 January 1942 – 22 June 2009) was a Flemish politician of the Different Socialist Party and official of the European Commission. Biography He was born in Oud-Turnhout. He studied at Ghent University ( ...

and again from 1995 until 1996. From 1992 until 1994, he was Deputy Director-General of the EU Directorate-General Budgets. From 1996 until 1997 he was Director-General of DG Enterprise Policy, Distributive Trades, Tourism and Cooperatives. From 1997 until 2002, he was Director-General of DG Taxation and Customs Union. From 2002 until 2003, he was Director-General of DG Translation. From 2003 until 2004, he was Director-General of DG Eurostat. From 2004 to 2007 he was Permanent Representative of the

to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

Academic activities

Honorary part-time professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles in European financial matters. He lectured in various universities: Aix-Marseilles, Bordeaux and

École Nationale d'Administration The École nationale d'administration (generally referred to as ENA, en, National School of Administration) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by President Charles de Gaulle and principal author of the 1958 Constitution Michel Deb ...

. Docteur honoris causa of the Université de Provence.

Sources

Michel van den Abeele

Michel van den Abeele
(report of Belgian senate)

(photo OECD) Living people Belgian civil servants Université libre de Bruxelles alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Belgium-bio-stub