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Gaston Stronck (born 15 December 1957 in Echternach) is a Luxembourgish diplomat. Currently he is Director for International Economic Relations and European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg. He was Ambassador of Luxembourg to India from 2011 to 2014. He presented his credentials to the Indian 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.
Before taking the post in 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.