Maram Stern

Deputy Secretary General, Honorary Vice-President

Dr. Maram Stern is the Deputy Secretary General of the World Jewish Congress 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.