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Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of The Netherlands
The minister of foreign affairs () is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Cabinet and the Council of Ministers. The incumbent minister is Caspar Veldkamp of the New Social Contract (NSC) party, who has been in office since 2 July 2024. Regularly, a state secretary is assigned to the ministry who is tasked with specific portfolios, currently the function is not in use. Additionally since 1965 there has been a minister without portfolio assigned to the ministry, the minister for foreign trade and development cooperation has traditionally development cooperation as portfolio, since 2012 the portfolio of trade and export has been assigned added to the function. List of agents of foreign affairs (1798–1801) List of secretaries of state of foreign affairs (1801–1806) List of ministers of foreign affairs 1806–1868 1868–1918 Since 1918 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : List of ministers without portfolio : : List of state secretaries for for ...
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Caspar Veldkamp
Caspar Cornelis Johannes Veldkamp (born 23 April 1964) is a Dutch politician and former diplomat currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands), Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Schoof cabinet. Veldkamp previously served as a member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives for the New Social Contract (NSC) party from December 2023 to July 2024. Early career Veldkamp started working as a policy officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands), Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993. He later had postings in Warsaw, Washington, D.C., Washington, DC, Brussels, and London, and he served as Ambassador of the Netherlands to Israel (2011–2015) and to Greece (2015–2019). In the latter role, he cooperated with Minister of Finance and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem on the Greek government-debt crisis. His last diplomatic position was as a member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's board of directors. ...
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Alexander Gogel
Isaac Jan Alexander Gogel (10 December 1765 – 13 June 1821) was a Dutch politician, who was the first minister of finance of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of Holland. Early years Gogel was born in Vught, the son of Johan Martin Gogel, a German officer in the service of the army of the Dutch Republic, and of Alexandrina Crul. He attended a French boarding school in Tilburg from 1776 to 1781. At the age of 16, he went to Amsterdam to apprentice for a career as a merchant, at the merchant house of ''Godart Kappel en Zoon''. He started his own firm () in 1791. Batavian Revolution Gogel became politically active in 1792 when he joined the Patriot society Doctrina et Amicitia. He was a radical democrat and a unitarist. As part of the revolutionary committee in Amsterdam, he was involved with preparations for the Batavian revolution. Three times he went to the French army in the Southern Netherlands to negotiate for their support. He had to flee to Bremen at the end ...
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Anne Van Nagell
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie and Ana. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France ( Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). In Ireland the name is used as an anglicized version of Áine. Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain ...
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William I Of The Netherlands
William I (Willem Frederik; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was King of the Netherlands and List of monarchs of Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840. Born as the son of William V, Prince of Orange, the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, and Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, Wilhelmina of Prussia, William experienced significant political upheavals early in life. He fought against the French invasion during the Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition, Flanders campaign, and after the Batavian Revolution in 1795, his family went into exile. He briefly ruled the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda before Napoleon's French troops' occupation forced him out of power. Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1814, William was invited back to the Netherlands, where he proclaimed himself Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands. In 1815, William raised the Netherlands to a kingdom and concurrently became the gran ...
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Gijsbert Karel Van Hogendorp
Gijsbert Karel, Count van Hogendorp (27 October 1762 – 5 August 1834) was a liberal conservativeJan de Jongste: ''Van Hogendorp'', article in th''Cultureel Woordenboek. Nederlandse geschiedenis 1500 – 1813'' "Van Hogendorp werd 'van conservatief tot liberaal'." and liberal Dutch statesman. He was the brother of Dirk van Hogendorp the elder and the father of Dirk van Hogendorp the younger. Early life and education Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp was born in Rotterdam into a regent family. A few years after his birth, his father Willem left for the Dutch East Indies in search of riches, but he would never return, as his ship sank on the way back. Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, consort to the Stadtholder William V, concerned herself with the fate of the young Gijsbert and his older brother Dirk, and arranged an education for them at the cadet corps in Berlin. He graduated as an officer but did not particularly like his new job in the Prussian military. He later b ...
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Gijsbert Karel Graaf Van Hogendorp, Door Jean Francois Valois Of Cornelis Cels
Gijsbert is a Dutch masculine given name, which is a variant of the names Gisbert and Gilbert, and means "bright pledge".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Gilbert" Retrieved on 24 January 2016. The name may refer to: * Gijsbert Bos (born 1973), Dutch footballer * Gijsbert Claesz van Campen (1580–1648), Dutch merchant * Gijsbertus Craeyvanger (1810–1895), Dutch painter * Gijsbert Haan (1801–1874), American religious leader *Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762–1834), Dutch politician * Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter (1604–1653), Dutch painter * Gijsbert de Leve (1926–2009), Dutch mathematician * Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841–1914), Dutch politician and prime minister * Gijsbert Verhoek (1644–1690), Dutch painter *Gijsbert Voet (1589–1676), known as Gisbertus Voetius Gisbertus Voetius ( Latinized version of the Dutch name Gijsbert Voet ; 3 March 1589 – 1 November 1676) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian, pastor, and professor. Life He was born at Heusden, in the Dutch Re ...
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First French Empire
The First French Empire or French Empire (; ), also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814 and again briefly from 20 March 1815 to 7 July 1815, when Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena. Although France had already established a French colonial empire, colonial empire overseas since the early 17th century, the French state had remained a France in the early modern period, kingdom under the Bourbons and a French First Republic, republic after the French Revolution. Historians refer to Napoleon's regime as the ''First Empire'' to distinguish it from the restorationist ''Second French Empire, Second Empire'' (1852–1870) ruled by his nephew Napoleon III. On 18 May 1804 (28 Floréal year XII on the French Republican calendar), Napoleon was granted the title Emperor of the French (, ) by the French and w ...
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Paulus Van Der Heim
Paulus is the original Latin form of the English name Paul. It may refer to: Ancient Romans * Julius Paulus (fl. 222–235 AD), Roman jurist * Paulus (consul 496), politician of the Eastern Roman Empire * Paulus (consul 512), Roman politician * Paulus Catena (fl. 353–362 AD), Roman notary * Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus (229–160 BC), Roman general Christianity Popes * Pope Paul I (Pope from 757–767) * Pope Paul II (Pope from 1464–1471) * Pope Paul III (Pope from 1534–1549) * Pope Paul IV (Pope from 1555–1559) * Pope Paul V (Pope from 1605–1621) * Pope Paul VI (Pope from 1963–1978) Other Christians * Paul the Apostle (5–67 AD) * Paulus (bishop of Alexandretta) (fl. 518), Bishop of Alexandria Minor * Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (ca. 720 – 800 AD), Italian Benedictine monk * Paulus Jovius (1483–1552), Italian bishop * ''Paulus'' (oratorio), 1836 oratorio by Mendelssohn Various * Paulus (surname), includes a list of people with th ...
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Johan Hendrik Mollerus
Johan may refer to: * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (1921 film), a Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (2005 film), a Dutch romantic comedy film * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han Jo-Han was a manufacturer of plastic scale promotional model cars and kits originally based in Detroit. The company was founded in 1947 by tool and die maker John Hanley a year before West Gallogly's competing company AMT was formed and about t ..., a manufacturer of plastic scale model kits See also * John (name) {{disambiguation ...
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Willem Frederik Röell
Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, Guilherme in Portuguese, Guillermo in Spanish and Wilhelm in German. Nicknames that are derived from Willem are Jelle, Pim, Willie, Willy and Wim. Given name * Willem I (1772–1843), King of the Netherlands * Willem II (1792–1849), King of the Netherlands * Willem III (1817–1890), King of the Netherlands * Willem of the Netherlands (1840–1879), Dutch prince * Willem-Alexander (b. 1967), King of the Netherlands * Willem Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician *Willem Adelaar (b. 1948), Dutch linguist * Willem Andriessen (1887–1964), Dutch pianist and composer * Willem Arondeus (1894–1943), Dutch artist and author, WWII Resistance member * Willem Barentsz (ca. 1550–1597), Dutch navigator and exp ...
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