The Council of Ministers approved the appointment of ambassadors to the following posts:

  • Albania, stationed in Tirana: Marleen Monster, currently head of North Africa and Middle East Peace Process at the Middle East and North Africa Directorate.
  • China, stationed in Beijing: Joep Wijnands, currently ambassador in Ankara.
  • Denmark, stationed in Copenhagen: Pauline Diepenbroek, currently deputy chief of mission in Rome.
  • France, stationed in Paris: Thijs van der Plas, currently Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
  • Philippines, stationed in Manila: Roderick Wols, currently flexible deployable ambassador in the TZ Flexpool.
  • Ghana, stationed in Accra: Hans Akerboom, currently deputy director of the Protocol and Host Country Affairs Directorate.
  • Iraq, stationed in Baghdad: Rochus Pronk, currently head of human rights at the Multilateral Organizations and Human Rights Directorate.
  • Lithuania, stationed in Vilnius: Caecilia Wijgers, currently head of the Gaza medical evacuations task force.
  • Malta, stationed in Valletta: Anke ter Hoeve-van Heek, currently coordinating policy officer at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Vienna.
  • Moldova, stationed in Chisinau: Esselien van Eerten, deputy chief of mission in Kyiv until summer 2025.
  • New Zealand, stationed in Wellington: Jacquelien Nienhuis, currently director of the Communications Directorate.
  • Uganda, stationed in Kampala: Angèle Samura, currently ambassador in Kinshasa.
  • Ukraine, stationed in Kyiv: Anne van Leeuwen, currently inspector at the Inspection, Signaling and Guidance Directorate.
  • Portugal, stationed in Lisbon: Roland Martin, currently special advisor for the International Business Directorate.
  • Tunisia, stationed in Tunis: Dewi van de Weerd, currently head of the International Cultural Unit and ambassador for Cultural Cooperation.
  • Vatican City/Holy See, stationed in Rome: Paul Bekkers, currently special envoy for Religion and Belief.
  • Vietnam, stationed in Hanoi: Remco van Wijngaarden, currently ambassador in Bangkok.

The Council of Ministers approved the appointment of 3 permanent representatives to international organizations:

  • Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), stationed in Brussels: Marcel de Vink, currently Director-General for Political Affairs.
  • Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), stationed in Paris: Guido Landheer, currently director of European, International, Agro-economic Policy at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature.
  • Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), stationed in Paris: Sander Cohen, currently ambassador in Panama.