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| name = Geoffrey van Leeuwen |
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| image = Geoffrey van Leeuwen in Ukraine, 2023 B (cropped).jpg |
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| alt = Face of a middle-aged Caucasian male in a cold outdoor setting |
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| caption = Van Leeuwen in December 2023 |
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| office1 = [[Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (Netherlands)|Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation]] |
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| status1 = Acting |
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| term_start1 = 4 December 2023 |
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| predecessor1 |
| predecessor1 = [[Liesje Schreinemacher]] |
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| office2 = Ambassador of the Netherlands to [[Afghanistan]] |
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| term_start2 = 2016 |
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| term_end2 = 2018 |
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| predecessor2 = Henk Jan Bakker<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/ambassades-consulaten-en-overige-vertegenwoordigingen/ambassadeurs/b/bakker-henk-jan/henk-jan-bakker |language = nl |access-date = 6 January 2024 |website = [[Government of the Netherlands]] |title = Henk Jan Bakker }}</ref> |
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| successor2 = Ernst Noorman<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/ambassades-consulaten-en-overige-vertegenwoordigingen/ambassadeurs/n/noorman-ernst/ernst-noorman |language = nl |access-date = 6 January 2024 |website = Government of the Netherlands |title = Ernst Noorman }}</ref> |
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| birth_name = Geoffrey E.W. van Leeuwen |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|2|7|df=yes}} |
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| birth_place = [[The Hague]], Netherlands |
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| party = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] |
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| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Leiden University]] <small>([[Master of Laws|LL.M.]])</small>|[[Cambridge University]] <small>([[MPhil]])</small>}} |
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Revision as of 19:57, 15 April 2024
Geoffrey van Leeuwen | |
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.jpg) Van Leeuwen in December 2023 | |
| Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office 4 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Liesje Schreinemacher |
| Ambassador of the Netherlands to Afghanistan | |
| In office 2016–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Henk Jan Bakker[1] |
| Succeeded by | Ernst Noorman[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Geoffrey E.W. van Leeuwen 7 February 1971 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Political party | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation |
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Geoffrey van Leeuwen (born 7 February 1971) is a Dutch diplomat and civil servant who has been serving as acting Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation since 4 December 2023 during the maternity leave of Liesje Schreinemacher. He has also been the ambassador of the Netherlands to Afghanistan.
Biography
Van Leeuwen was born in 1971 in The Hague and attended the Stedelijk Gymnasium secondary school in Haarlem. In 1988, Van Leeuwen went to the University of Leiden where he obtained an LL.M. degree in civil law in 1994, and in 1993 he also studied constitutional law at the Paris Institute of Political Studies. He then moved on to the University of Cambridge, obtaining his M.Phil. degree in international affairs in 1995. After completing the conscription as an officer of the Royal Netherlands Army, he held positions in several embassies and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3]
In 2012 and 2013, Van Leeuwen was part of the management team of an integrated police training mission by the Dutch government in the Afghan province of Kunduz during the war in that country. He subsequently worked as the consul-general of the Dutch consulate-general in Mumbai, and he was appointed ambassador to Afghanistan in 2016.[3][4] He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague in 2018 to serve as Director Middle East and North Africa.[3]
Van Leeuwen became a counselor to Prime Minister Mark Rutte on foreign affairs and defense issues at his Ministry of General Affairs in October 2020.[3][4] On 4 December 2023, he was sworn in by King Willem-Alexander as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation as a result of the maternity leave of Liesje Schreinemacher, who became the first Dutch minister in history to take such a leave. Van Leeuwen is a member of the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).[4][5]
References
- ^ "Henk Jan Bakker". Government of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Ernst Noorman". Government of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Geoffrey van Leeuwen". Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Minister Schreinemacher tijdens zwangerschap vervangen door Geoffrey van Leeuwen" [Minister Schreinemacher replaced by Geoffrey van Leeuwen during maternity leave]. NOS (in Dutch). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Geoffrey van Leeuwen to become Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation". Government of the Netherlands (Press release). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- 1971 births
- 21st-century Dutch politicians
- 21st-century Dutch diplomats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy politicians
- Ministers for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands
- Ambassadors of the Netherlands to Afghanistan
- Leiden University alumni
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Living people
- Dutch expatriates in India