André Mernier

André Mernier (born 26 May 1943) is a former Belgian diplomat and Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat.

He held the post from 2006 to 2011, and has been retired since January 2012.

[1] In 1963–1972 Mernier served as an officer in the Belgian Armed Forces, and, prior to that, attended a military academy in Brussels.

In 1973 he received a law degree from the University of Louvain.

[1] In 1975, André Mernier joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium.