‘Je kunt altijd een verschil maken’
15 Dec 2014
Het ministerie van BZ wil bouwen aan bekendheid en positieve beeldvorming van het werk dat BZ doet door gebruik te maken van krachtige persoonlijke verhalen van collega’s. Verhalen van vlees en bloed, die het doorvertellen waard zijn. Want, onbekend maakt onbemind! Op dit blog vind je als eerste in een reeks het persoonlijke verhaal van Directeur Generaal Politieke Zaken, Wim Geerts: ‘Je kunt altijd een verschil maken’.
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Written by Wim Geerts
Wim Geerts Political Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Netherlands
Wim Geerts was born in the Netherlands on August 10, 1963. After completing his secondary education he studied English Language, Literature and Human Rights at Nijmegen University and Boston College, graduating in 1986. He went on to work as an English teacher from 1986 until 1988. In 1988 Mr. Geerts joined the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and entered the Netherlands Foreign Service. His first posting abroad was at the Netherlands Embassy in Singapore. Between 1991 and 2002 he worked in the Prime Minister’s Office, where he held a number of positions, becoming Foreign Policy and Defence Advisor to the Prime Minister in 1995. In 2002, he became the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Netherlands Embassy in Washington DC where he stayed until 2006. Mr. Geerts returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague in 2006 to assume the position of Deputy Director General for Political Affairs. In 2008 he was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Canada and presented his credentials to the Governor General of Canada in September 2008. Mr. Geerts started in his new position as Political Director at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 1, 2013. Mr. Geerts and his wife, Thea, have two daughters, Lisa and Suzanne. Mr. Geerts’ personal interests include music, running, travelling and reading.
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