Emmanuel de Merode

Quick Facts

Full Name	Emmanuel de Merode
Occupation	Anthropologist
Date Of Birth	May 5, 1970(1970-05-05)
Age	54
Country	Belgium
Birth City	Carthage
Horoscope	Taurus

Emmanuel de Merode Biography

Emmanuel de Merode is one of the most popular and richest Anthropologist who was born on May 5, 1970 in Carthage, Belgium. Emmanuel is a native of Carthage, Tunisia. He is the second child of Charles- Guillaume, Prince de Merode and Princess Hedwige Marie of Ligne-La Tremoille. His parents are part of two of Belgium’s most historically famous and powerful family members, the Houses Merode as well as Ligne. He is a descendant of Felix the count de Merode and was a military commander during the triumphant Belgian Revolution of 1830 who helped to establish the first Belgian legislature and government. The branch of his mother’s family from the House of Ligne is also the heirs of the French princely family known as the House of Tremoille The prince’s maternal grandfather is Charles-Antoine of La Tremoille the 13th Duke of Thouars.

Merode got married to Louise Leakey in 2003, the paleontologist from Kenya. The couple has two children.

Merode returned to Virunga National Park on 22 May 2014 to resume his functions as Park Director.

On 15 April 2014 Emmanuel de Merode was critically injured by unidentified gunmen during an ambush on the road between Goma and Rumangabo, hours after a meeting with the state prosecutor. It was reported that, during this meeting, Merode submitted a report on the park’s 4-year enquiry in the actions of an oil-company alleged to be illegally exploring for oil in Virunga National Park. He was shot several times in the chest and abdomen, but survived and was able to leave the scene of the attack with the help of local residents. Emergency surgery was performed at a local hospital in Goma. A legal enquiry into the motives and identity of the attackers was undertaken by the Congolese authorities. Media reports have cited various suspects, including those engaged in the illegal production of charcoal, people associated with SOCO International, a British oil company engaged in the exploration for oil in the national park, opponents of the park’s law enforcement activities, disgruntled local residents, and those engaged in struggles to control park lands including, at the time, factions of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and of the Congolese military.

The children of Emmanuel deMerode lived in the suburbs of Nairobi and in Kenya in Kenya. de Merode studied at the Banda School before attending Downside School and Durham University in the United Kingdom. Emmanuel has earned the PhD in Anthropology from University College, London (UCL) with a focus on Congolese conservation concerns. He has been a resident of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly called Zaire) from 1993. He is and is currently living at Rumangabo, Virunga National Park’s headquarters.

Emmanuel de Merode Net Worth

Emmanuel de Merode is one of the richest Anthropologist from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Emmanuel de Merode 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Emmanuel does not utilize his hereditary title in any professional contexts but he is legally a prince of the Belgian nobility, with the title was conferred on his family members by the his father, King Albert I, in the year 1929. His older sister, Prince Frederic de Merode is married and is inherits his father’s many titles as the head of his family.

Prince Emmanuel de Merode (Emmanuel Werner Marie Ghislain, born 5 May 1970) is the name of his father born on May 5, 1970) is Director of Virunga National Park within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2008.

On 1 August 2008, he was appointed Director of Virunga National Park by the Congolese government. After swearing allegiance to the Congolese flag, he became the only foreign national to exercise judicial powers in the war torn central African nation. He now lives at the park headquarters in Rumangabo, bordering the park’s mountain gorilla sector. The park’s 680 rangers are under his direction and much of his work is focused on protecting the park’s exceptional wildlife, including critically important populations of mountain gorillas, elephants, okapis and chimpanzees. His first breakthrough was to broker an agreement between the Congolese government and rebel leader Laurent Nkunda to spare the mountain gorilla sector of the park from the rages of the ongoing civil war and to enable government rangers to redeploy in rebel territory. Negotiating the neutral status of environmental and sustainable development imperatives among the warring factions in eastern Congo became a recurring theme in de Merode’s approach to establishing Virunga National Park as a stabilizing presence in the war-affected Great Lakes Region of Africa.

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Who is Emmanuel de Merode Dating?

According to our records, Emmanuel de Merode married to Louise Leakey. As of December 1, 2023, Emmanuel de Merode’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Emmanuel Ranked on the list of most popular Anthropologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Emmanuel de Merode celebrates birthday on May 5 of every year.

What happened to Merode?

He now lives at the park headquarters in Rumangabo , bordering the park’s mountain gorilla sector. The park’s 680 rangers are under his direction and much of his work is focused on protecting the park’s wildlife, including critically important populations of mountain gorillas, elephants, okapis and chimpanzees.

Who is Emmanuel in Virunga?

Emmanuel De Merode , Director for Virunga National Park, gives an account of the struggle to save one of the world’s great national parks with its population of mountain gorillas.

What is the nationality of the chief warden Emmanuel de Merode why is his

nation of origin politically significant?

A Belgian prince, Merode grew up in eastern Africa and was trained as an anthropologist. He went to the Congo in 1993 and Virunga in 2001, where he has helped the country’s government improve protections for the park.

What is the problem in Virunga?

The park remains vulnerable to attacks by anti-government rebels and local militia groups, problems compounded by elephant poaching, hunting for bush meat, unlicensed fishing, and tree cutting for charcoal.

Is Soco still in Virunga?

UK oil company Soco has ended its oil exploration operations in Virunga. But for Virunga to be safe in the long-term, we need the DRC government to cancel all oil exploration permits as requested by UNESCO, and for sustainable development to start.