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Karel De Gucht

Current minister of foreign affairs and lecturer in European Law at the VUB. The perfect guy to describe the past, present and future of Europe. Or, in a nutshell, the journey from a coal and steel company to a many-headed dragon that runs your life, so you'd probably be better off knowing something about it.

Karel De Gucht
Karel Lodewijk Georgette Emmerence De Gucht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːrəl də ˈɣʏxt]; born 27 January 1954) is a Belgian politician who was the European Commissioner for Trade from February 2010 until 31 October 2014. Previously, he served as Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2009 and as the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response from 2009 to 2010.read more on Wikipedia...