The Ambassador

Curriculum Vitae  Jurriaan Kraak

Date of birth      24th of August 1951
Place of Birth     Jakarta
Marital status     Married to Maria Henriëtte Kam (1955), two daughters
Employer           Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1978

       Education          

Law Degree; subjects International Law and Maritime Law, State University of Utrecht (1978)

post-academic: City of London Polytechnic (1977), Bank Europartners, Amsterdam (1985), Institut International d’Administration Publique, Paris (1999)

       Record of Service

1978/1979    Attaché Training Programme, MFA

1979-1981    Personnel Department of Diplomatic Service, MFA

1981-1984    Netherlands Embassy of Mexico City, Third Secretary

1984-1987    Consulate-General Toronto, Consul

1987-1991    Permanent Representation to European Communities, Brussels

1991-1994   

Private Secretary to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix and to
HRH Prince Claus of The Netherlands

1994-1995    Private Secretary to HRH The Prince of Orange

1995-1999    Netherlands Permanent Representation to NATO, Brussels

1999-2003    Netherlands Embassy Paris, Head of Political Section

2003-2008

Netherlands Permanent Representation to European Union
Brussels, Head of Enlargement and Western Balkans Section

2008    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Riga (Presentation of Letters of Credence on 19th of August 2008)

Temporary postings to

Berlin, German Democratic Republic (1978), to Harare,

Rhodesia-Zimbabwe (1980) and Sao Paulo, Brazil (1983).