Curriculum Vitae Jurriaan Kraak
Name
: Kraak
First name
: Jurriaan
Date of birth
: 24 August 1951
Place of Birth
: Jakarta (Indonesia)
Marital status
: Married to Maria Henriëtte Kam (1955), two daughters.
Education
: Law Degree; subjects International Law and Maritime Law,
State University of Utrecht (1978),
Post-Academic
: City of London Polytechnic (1977), Bank Europartners,
Amsterdam (1985), Institut International d’Administration Publique, Paris
(1999).
Record of Service
: 1978/1979
Attaché Training Programme, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1979-1981
Personnel Department of Diplomatic Service, MFA
1981-1984
Netherlands Embassy Mexico City, Third Secretary.
1984-1987
Consulate-General Toronto, Consul
1987-1991
Permanent Representation to the European Communities,
Brussels, First Secretary.
1991-1994
Private Secretary to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix and to
HRH Prince Claus of The Netherlands.
1994-1995
Private Secretary to HRH the Prince of Orange.
1995-1999
Netherlands Permanent Representation to NATO, Brussels.
1999-2003
Netherlands Embassy Paris, Head of Political Section
2003-2008
Netherlands Permanent Representation to European Union
Brussels, Head of Enlargement and Western Balkans Section.
2008-2012
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Latvia
(Presentation of Letters of Credence on 19 August 2008)
2012
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of
Bosnia-Herzegowina (Presentation of Letters of Credence on 3
September 2012)
Temporary postings to Harare, Rhodesia – Zimbabwe (1980) and
Sao Paulo, Brazil (1983).
Hobbies and Sports
: Literature, photography, modern history, arts of Asia, golf, fitness,
fishing.
Honours
: Cross of Honour,
Order of the House of Orange
Officier de l’Ordre national du mérite, France
Commander of the Order of the Three Stars of the Republic of Latvia