Former Head of Protocol, European Parliament
François Brunagel was born in Strasbourg in 1947, and has been an official of the European Union for 40 years. He served in several cabinets (private offices) of Presidents of the European Parliament, and has been the Director of the Protocol Service of the European Parliament for ten years.
He is currently an ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the Council of Europe, and an expert consultant on protocol issues at an international level.