Gaston Stronck (born 15 December 1957 in Echternach) is a retired Luxembourgish diplomat. He was the Ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States of America from 2019 to 2021. He presented his credentials to President Donald Trump on September 16, 2019. Before taking his post in Washington D.C., he was Secretary general at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg from 2017 to 2019. He was Director for International Economic Relations and European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He was Ambassador of Luxembourg to India from 2011 to 2014. He presented his credentials to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on November 1, 2011. He was Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Belarus from 2007 to 2011. He presented his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 11 December 2007.[1]

Stronck presenting his credentials to Vladimir Putin in December 2007.

Before Moscow, Gaston Stronck was Ambassador of Luxembourg to Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden (2003-2007) and the first Ambassador of Luxembourg to the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the European Union (EU) (2000-2003).

He is a former associate professor of the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) in Maastricht.

He holds a Ph.D. in History and Defence Studies of the University of Montpellier. In June 2010 he became Doctor h.c. of the Moscow State Linguistic University (MGLU). He speaks Luxembourgish, French, German, English, Dutch and Russian.

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  1. ^ "Vladimir Putin accepted the credentials of the new ambassadors of several foreign countries". The Kremlin, Moscow: Presidential Press and Information Office. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Carlo Krieger
Ambassador of Luxembourg to Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus
2007 – 2011
Succeeded by
Pierre Ferring
Preceded by
Marc Courte
Ambassador of Luxembourg to India
2011 – 2014
Succeeded by
Sam Schreiner
Preceded by Ambassador of Luxembourg to the United States
2019 – 2021
Succeeded by
Nicole Bintner-Bakshian