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Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN in New York, United States

Overview of Dutch Ambassadors to the UN, 1946-2009

Name	Years	Additional information	Photo
H.E. Mr. Eelco Nicolaas VAN KLEFFENS	1946 - 1947	Netherlands Ambassador in: Washington, DC (1947-1950) Lisbon (1950-1956) Other: Minister of Foreign Affairs (1939-1946) President of the General Assembly (1954-1955) Permanent Representative to the Netherlands Mission at NATO, Brussels (1956-1958) See for more information on Mr. van Kleffens the website of the Institute of Netherlands History (in Dutch)
H.E. Mr. Johan Willem Marius SNOUCK HURGRONJE	1947 - 1950	Netherlands Ambassador in: Mexico City (1940-1943) Ottawa (1944-1947) Dublin (1950-1955) Bern (1956-1962)
H.E. Mr. Daniel Johannes VON BALLUSECK	1950 - 1955	Netherlands Ambassador in: Moscow (1955-1957) Ottawa (1958-1960) See for more information on Mr. von Balluseck the website of the Institute of Netherlands History (in Dutch)
H.E. Mr. Carel Willem Alwin SCHÜRMANN	1955 - 1964	Netherlands Ambassador in: Bangkok (1948-1950) Washington, DC (1964-1969)
H.E. Mr. Jacobus Gijsbertus DE BEUS	1964 - 1967	Netherlands Ambassador in: Karachi (1954-1957) Moscow (1957-1960) Canberra (1960-1963) Bonn (1967-1974) Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control, Geneva, 1975-1977 See for more information on Mr. de Beus the website of the Institute of Netherlands History (in Dutch)
H.E. Mr. Duco Gerrit Eduard MIDDELBURG	1967 - 1970	Netherlands Ambassador in: Warsaw (1959-1962) Santiago de Chile (1963-1967) Lisbon (1970-1972)
H.E. Mr. Robbert FACK	1970 - 1974	Netherlands Ambassador in: London (1976-1981)
H.E. Mr. Johan KAUFMANN	1974 - 1978	Netherlands Ambassador in: Tokyo (1978-1983) Permanent Representative at: Netherlands Mission to the UN, Geneva (1961-1969) Netherlands Mission to the OESO, Paris (1969-1974)
H.E. Mr. Hugo SCHELTEMA	1978 - 1983	Netherlands Ambassador in: Baghdad (1966-1968) Jakarta (1968-1973) Brussels (1976-1977)
H.E. Mr. Max VAN DER STOEL	1983 - 1986	Other positions: State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1965-1966) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973-1977) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981-1982) Minister of State (1991-present) For Mr. van der Stoel's extended résumé, click here (in Dutch)
H.E. Mr. Adriaan Pieter Roetert JACOBOVITS DE SZEGED	1986 - 1989	Netherlands Ambassador in: Washington, DC (1993-1997) Other: Permanent Representative at the Netherlands Mission to NATO, Brussels (1989-1993)
H.E. Mr. Robert Jan VAN SCHAIK	1989 - 1992	Netherlands Ambassador in: Nairobi (1978-1980) Other: Permanent Representative at the Netherlands Mission to the UN, Geneva (1984-1989)
H.E. Mr. Nicolaas Hendrik BIEGMAN	1992 - 1997	Netherlands Ambassador in: Cairo (1984-1988) Other: Permanent Representative at the Netherlands Mission to NATO, Brussels (1998-2001)
H.E. Mr. Jacob RAMAKER	1997 - 1998	Netherlands Ambassador in: Vienna (1999-2004) Permanent Representative to: Netherlands Mission to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva (1994-1997) Netherlands Mission to the UN, Vienna (1999-2004) Special Representative of States Ratifiers to Promote Ratification Process of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
H.E. Mr. Arnold Peter VAN WALSUM	1999 - 2001	Netherlands Ambassador in: Bangkok (1985-1989) Bonn (1993-1999) United Nations Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara (2005-2008)
H.E. Mr. Dirk Jan VAN DEN BERG	2001 - 2005	Netherlands Ambassador in: Beijing (2005-2008) Secretary-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1992-2001)
H.E. Mr. Frank MAJOOR	2005 - 2009	Previous Positions: Secretary-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2000-2005) Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague (1999-2000) Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, Switzerland (1997-1999)