Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Dutch politician

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1948

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Profession: lawyer, politician, jurist, diplomat, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

  • Jakob Gijsbert "Jaap" de Hoop Scheffer (['ja?b d? '?o?p 'sx?f?r] (listen); born 3 April 1948) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist.
  • He served as Secretary General of NATO from 1 January 2004 until 1 August 2009 and was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 22 June 2018.De Hoop Scheffer attended the Ignatius Gymnasium in Amsterdam from March 1961 until April 1966 and applied at the Leiden University in June 1968 majoring in Law and obtaining an Bachelor of Laws degree in June 1970 before graduating with an Master of Laws degree in July 1974.
  • De Hoop Scheffer was conscripted in the Royal Netherlands Air Force serving as a Second lieutenant from August 1974 until September 1976.
  • De Hoop Scheffer worked as a civil servant for the Diplomatic service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from October 1976 until June 1986 as an Attaché in Accra, Ghana from October 1976 until April 1978 and in Brussels, Belgium from April 1978 until December 1980 and as secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 1980 until June 1986. De Hoop Scheffer was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1986, taking office on 3 June 1986 serving as a frontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for Development Cooperation and parliamentary committee for Foreign Affairs and spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, NATO, Development Cooperation and Development aid.
  • After the Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal and Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives Enneüs Heerma announced that he was stepping down as Leader and Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives following increasing criticism on his leadership, the Christian Democratic Appeal leadership approached De Hoop Scheffer as a candidate to succeed him, De Hoop Scheffer accepted and became the Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal and Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, taking office on 27 March 1997.
  • For the election of 1998 De Hoop Scheffer served as Lijsttrekker (top candidate).
  • The Christian Democratic Appeal suffered a loss, losing 5 seats and now had 29 seats in the House of Representatives.
  • On 1 October 2001 De Hoop Scheffer announced that he was stepping down as Leader and Parliamentary leader Leader following an internal power struggle with the Chairman of the Christian Democratic Appeal Marnix van Rij and that he wouldn't stand for the election of 2002.
  • Following the cabinet formation of 2002 De Hoop Scheffer was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Balkenende I, taking office on 22 July 2002.
  • The Cabinet Balkenende I fell just four months later on 16 October 2002 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity.
  • In November 2002 De Hoop Scheffer announced that he wouldn't stand for the election of 2003.
  • Following the cabinet formation of 2003 De Hoop Scheffer continued as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Balkenende II, taking office on 27 May 2003.
  • On 22 September 2003 De Hoop Scheffer was nominated as the next Secretary General of NATO, he resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs on 3 December 2003 and was installed as Secretary General of NATO, serving from 1 January 2004 until 1 August 2009. De Hoop Scheffer retired after spending 23 years in national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupies numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Air France–KLM, Friends of Europe, Atlantic Association, Institute for Multiparty Democracy and the Institute of International Relations Clingendael) and serves on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Advisory Council for Foreign Affairs and the Honours Committee) and as an diplomat and lobbyist for several economic delegations on behalf of the government and the Military industry.
  • De Hoop Scheffer also served as a distinguished professor of International relations, Diplomatic Practice and Governmental Studies holding the Pieter Kooijmans Chair at the Leiden University from 1 September 2009 until 1 September 2014 and as a distinguished professor of International relations and Governmental Studies at the Leiden University College in The Hague since 1 September 2014. De Hoop Scheffer is known for his abilities as a negotiator and manager.
  • De Hoop Scheffer continues to comment on political affairs as an statesman as of 2019 and holds the distinction as the fourth longest-serving Secretary General of NATO with 5 years, 212 days.

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