Special Representative for the United Nations in Mali
In office 1 July 2013 – 17 October 2014
Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Mongi Hamdi
Special Representative for the United Nations in Côte d'Ivoire
In office 1 August 2011 – 1 July 2013
Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by
Choi Young-jin
Succeeded by
Aïchatou Mindaoudou
Minister for Development Cooperation
In office 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010
Prime Minister
Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by
Agnes van Ardenne
Succeeded by
Maxime Verhagen
President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
In office 17 November 2006 – 19 February 2007
Preceded by
Pierre Lellouche
Succeeded by
José Lello
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 11 November 1997 – 22 February 2007
Personal details
Born
Albert Gerard Koenders
(1958-05-28) 28 May 1958 (age 65) Arnhem, Netherlands
Political party
Labour Party
Education
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (BSS) University of Amsterdam (MSS) Johns Hopkins University (MA)
Albert Gerard Koenders (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈɑlbərtˈxeːrɑrt(bɛrt)ˈkundərs];[a] born 28 May 1958) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He is currently a professor at Leiden University and a special envoy of the World Bank. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the International Crisis Group and a commissioner of the International Commission on Missing Persons.
Koenders studied political science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam, and completed a second master's in international relations at Johns Hopkins University. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007 and served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 2007 until 2010. He later was the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Operation in the Ivory Coast (2011–2013), and 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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Albert Gerard Koenders (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlbərt ˈxeːrɑrt (bɛrt) ˈkundərs]; born 28 May 1958) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who...
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projected end date for its intervention. Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs BertKoenders summons the Russian ambassador to the Netherlands to a meeting in The...
United Nations in Mali and former Minister for Development Cooperation BertKoenders (PvdA). On 10 March 2015 Minister of Security and Justice Ivo Opstelten...
Minister for Development Cooperation following the resignation from BertKoenders. As such, at the request of gay rights groups, Verhagen called upon...
2014 Prime Minister Mark Rutte Preceded by Uri Rosenthal Succeeded by BertKoenders State Secretary for Foreign Affairs In office 22 February 2007 – 23...
statement made on 5 July 2017 by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs BertKoenders, it was announced that the JIT countries would prosecute any suspects...
photographer was the third journalist to be killed in Libya this year. BertKoenders, the Dutch Foreign Minister, paid tribute to him, saying "Oerlemans...
of the striking faces of the 20th century". Foreign Affairs Minister BertKoenders described Castro as "a leader of historic proportions", but regretted...
mark '60 years of development aid' at the invitation of Dutch Minister BertKoenders, which was attended by nearly 2,000 people. During his visit to the...
Computer Science in 1992 from VU under supervision of Andy Tanenbaum. BertKoenders, Minister of Developmental Cooperation in the cabinet Balkenende IV...
Energy Agency), Gerda Verburg (Food and Agriculture Organization), BertKoenders (United Nations), Frans Timmermans (European Commission) and Frank Heemskerk...
portfolio: Eberhard van der Laan (Housing, Neighbourhoods and Integration), BertKoenders (Development Cooperation) and André Rouvoet, Deputy Prime Minister and...
used against the Indonesian people. In 2016, Dutch Foreign Minister BertKoenders apologized for a massacre by Dutch troops of 400 Indonesian villagers...
have merged under the new name Rutgers WPF. Chair of Rutgers WPF is BertKoenders, former minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands. WPF...
Frans Bauer Gordon Heuckeroth Emile Roemer Jan Smit Adriaan van Dis BertKoenders Sven Kramer Antoine Bodar Johan Derksen Jeroen van Koningsbrugge Heleen...
Nations Security Council election, Gentiloni and his Dutch counterpart BertKoenders agreed on splitting a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council...
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. In 2016, Dutch Foreign Minister BertKoenders visited Rawagede to apologize in person. Decision by the district court...
Vollebaek, Rolf Ekéus. Sanji Monageng, María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, BertKoenders, and Dirk Brengelmann. Previous chairs include Cyrus Vance (Chairperson...
are legitimate. Netherlands: The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs BertKoenders on 28 August called for Turkey and Syrian Kurds to work against IS instead...
with (and impersonated) Dutch politicians such as Lodewijk Asscher, BertKoenders, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Maxime Verhagen, Ronald Plasterk, Femke...
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