Bert Koenders

Bert Koenders
Koenders in 2015
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 17 October 2014 – 26 October 2017
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Frans Timmermans
Succeeded by	Halbe Zijlstra
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 66) Arnhem, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party
Education	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (BSS) University of Amsterdam (MSS) Johns Hopkins University (MA)

Albert Gerard Koenders (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlbərt ˈxeːrɑrt (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 chair of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs, 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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