Xavier De Cuyper is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 agricultural engineer and civil servant. He is General Administrator of the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products

Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products

The Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products of Belgium is responsible for the approval and registration of new medication in Belgium and for pharmacovigilance...

 (FAMHP) of Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

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Education

He graduated as agricultural engineer at the Université catholique de Louvain

Université catholique de Louvain

The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known, especially in Belgium, as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels...

 (Louvain-la-Neuve

Louvain-la-Neuve

Louvain-la-Neuve is a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the French-speaking part of the country...

, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

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Career

He started his career as an assistant at the faculty of agronomical sciences of the university. Afterwards he worked at the department of crop protection of the Belgian ministry of agriculture and in addition he was for a while consultant at the same ministry.

In 1985 he became director general of the ministry of trades people and agriculture and in addition he got the supplementary task the establish the Belgian food agency. Afterwards he was Chef de Cabinet

Chef de Cabinet

Chef de Cabinet is the head of an office in the United Nations Secretariat, appointed by the Secretary-General, or in the European Commission, appointed by an individual European Commissioner for his personal cabinet. The position's rank and responsibilities are equivalent to a chief of staff....

 for minister Louis Michel

Louis Michel

Louis H. O. Ch. Michel is a Belgian politician. He served in the government of Belgium as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004 and was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid from 2004 to 2009. Since 2009, he has been a Member of the European Parliament...

 and Didier Reynders

Didier Reynders

Didier J.L. Reynders is a Belgian politician and a member of the Mouvement Réformateur . He is Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Institutional Reforms in the Van Rompuy I Government, which took office on 30 December 2008.He was born in Liège as the youngest in a family of...

. On 1 May 2007, he succeeded Piet Vanthemsche

Piet Vanthemsche

Piet Vanthemsche is a Belgian veterinary surgeon and civil servant. In 2008, he succeeded Noël Devisch as President of the Boerenbond in Leuven.-Education:...

as General Administrator of the Belgian Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products.

Source

• Xavier De Cuyper (Belgium ePortal)
• Management Board (EMEA)