Dr. Maram Stern is the Deputy Secretary General of the World
Jewish Congress [WJC], the umbrella organisation representing
all Jewish communities in over 80 countries world-wide, since
1996. In January 2005 he was also elected as an Honorary Vice
President of the WJC. Dr. Stern is also responsible for WJC participation
in inter-religious dialogue and consultations with the Christian
churches and other faiths.
From 1983 to 1988 Dr. Stern served as President of the European
Union of Jewish Students, the youth arm of the WJC. In 1988 he
became Counsellor of the WJC and in 1989 was appointed Political
Advisor to the President and to the Secretary General of the
WJC.
Dr. Stern heads a representative and research office located
in Brussels (Belgium).
Dr. Stern has extensive knowledge of and experience in Asia,
Central & Eastern Europe, North America & South Africa.
For over 15 years, he has nurtured relations with the government
of the People's Republic of China, and with other governments
in South East Asia (especially Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore & Thailand).
In February 2004, Dr. Stern was decorated with the Golden Laurel
Medal of the Republic of Bulgaria, and in September 2004 was
appointed as Honorary Consul of Bulgaria in Belgium (Province
de Liège).
Dr. Stern holds a Doctorate in Medicine, a Doctorate in Dentistry
and is a qualified maxio-facial surgeon. He has studied at the
University of Vienna (Austria), Brown University in Providence
(USA), the University of Erlangen (Germany) and the Free University
of Brussels (Belgium) and was educated at the Lycée Français
de Berlin.
Dr. Stern speaks English, French & German, and is currently
learning Spanish. He is single, and has lived for the last 20
years in Brussels.