Bert Koenders Biography

Dutch politician and diplomat, a member of the Labour Party. He has been the Netherlands' Minister of Foreign Affairs since 17 October 2014.

Koenders studied political science and international relations. He was a member of the House of Representatives (1997–2007), the Minister for Development Cooperation (2007–2010), the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Operation in the Ivory Coast (2011–2013), and the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (2013–2014). Koenders founded the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank/International Monetary Fund and has served as President of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly and leader of its Socialist Group.

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