Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
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11th NATO Secretary General
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| Preceded by | George Robertson |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | April 3, 1948 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Website | www.nato.int |
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (legally Jakob Gijsbert de Hoop Scheffer) (born April 3, 1948) is a Dutch politician who is the 11th NATO Secretary General.
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[edit] Life and career
Born in Amsterdam, De Hoop Scheffer studied law at the University of Leiden. After completing military service in the air force, where he became a reserve officer, he worked for the ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1986. For the first two years, he was stationed at the Dutch embassy in Ghana. After that, he worked at the Dutch delegation at NATO headquarters in Brussels until 1980.
Although he has been a member of the D'66 party, he became a member of the Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA) in 1982. At the elections of 1986, he was chosen in the Second Chamber of parliament. He was a spokesman on foreign affairs for his party. Between 1997 and 2001, he was the leader of the CDA delegation in the Second Chamber, at a time when the CDA was in opposition. This made him the party leader.
When the list of candidates for the 2002 elections was chosen, his position as the party leader of the CDA became uncertain. After a power struggle with the party chairman Van Rij, De Hoop Scheffer resigned as party leader. Jan Peter Balkenende succeeded him, and had the top spot on the CDA list of candidates in the elections on May 15, 2002.
[edit] Foreign Minister
In those elections, the CDA was the winner, and received the leading role in the formation of a new government. The new prime minister Balkenende appointed De Hoop Scheffer as foreign minister in his short-lived first cabinet, a position he retained in the second Balkenende cabinet after the elections of January 22, 2003.
In 2003, the foreign policy of the Netherlands, which was determined in a large part by De Hoop Scheffer and Balkenende, was characterized by its approval of Operation Iraqi Freedom, although its formulation ("political" but not "military" support) gave it an ambivalent character.
In 2003, as the Foreign Minister of Netherlands, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
[edit] NATO Secretary General
He became the 11th NATO Secretary General on January 5, 2004, succeeding Lord Robertson, who held the post from 1999 until 2003. The announcement was made on September 22, 2003.[1] As Secretary General, De Hoop Scheffer has urged NATO members to contribute more to NATO operations such as the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ New Secretary General takes up office. NATO (January 7, 2004).
- ^ Nato boss pleads for Afghan focus. BBC (June 19, 2004).
[edit] External links
- Biography - NATO website
- Appointment as Secretary General - NATO announcement
- Profile of Jaap de Hoop Scheffer - by journalist Robert van de Roer, NATO website
| Preceded by Enneüs Heerma |
CDA Lower House Faction leader 1997–2002 |
Succeeded by Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by Jozias van Aartsen |
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs 2002–2003 |
Succeeded by Bernard Bot |
| Preceded by Lord Robertson |
Secretary General of NATO 2004– |
Succeeded by – |
Hastings Ismay | Paul-Henri Spaak | Dirk Stikker | Manlio Brosio | Joseph Luns | Peter Carington | Manfred Wörner | Sergio Balanzino | Willy Claes | Sergio Balanzino | Javier Solana | George Robertson | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp | Anne Willem Carel van Nagell van Ampsen | Johann Gotthard Reinhold | Willem Frederik van Reede | Patrice Claude Ghislain de Coninck | Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen | Hugo van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Jan Willem Huyssen van Kattendijke | Willem Anne Schimmelpenninck van der Oye | James Albert Henry de la Sarraz | Lodewijk Napoleon van Randwijck | Gerrit Schimmelpenninck | Arnold Adolf Bentinck van Nijenhuis | Leonardus Antonius Lightenvelt | Herman van Sonsbeeck | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Daniël Théodore Gevers van Endegeest | Jan Karel van Goltstein | Floris Adriaan van Hall | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Louis Napoleon van der Goes van Dirxland | Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Martin Pascal Hubert Strens | Anthony Jan Lucas Stratenus | Paul Therèse van der Maesen de Sombreff | Willem Johan Cornelis Huyssen van Kattendijke | Eppo Cremers | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt | Joannes Josephus van Mulken | Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg | Joannes Josephus van Mulken | Louis Gericke van Herwijnen | Joseph van der Does de Willebois | Willem van Heeckeren van Kell | Constantijn Theodoor van Lynden van Sandenburg | Willem Frederik Rochussen | Joseph van der Does de Willebois | Marc Willem du Tour van Bellinchave | Abraham Pieter Cornelis van Karnebeek | Cornelis Hartsen | Gijsbert van Tienhoven | Joannes Coenraad Jansen | Joan Röell | Willem Hendrik de Beaufort | Robert Melvil van Lynden | Abraham George Ellis | Willem Marcus van Weede van Berencamp | Abraham George Ellis | Dirk Arnold Willem van Tets van Goudriaan | René de Marees van Swinderen | Pieter Cort van der Linden | John Loudon | Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek | Frans Beelaerts van Blokland | Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck | Andries Cornelies Dirk de Graeff | Hendrikus Colijn | Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn | Eelco van Kleffens | Herman van Roijen | Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout | Dirk Stikker | Jan Willem Beyen | Joseph Luns | Norbert Schmelzer | Max van der Stoel | Chris van der Klaauw | Max van der Stoel | Dries van Agt | Hans van den Broek | Pieter Kooijmans | Hans van Mierlo | Jozias van Aartsen | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Ben Bot | Maxime Verhagen
