The Royal Netherlands Embassy - Washington DC

Ambassador Renée Jones-Bos

PERSONAL DATA

Surname:

Jones-Bos

Given Names:

Regina Veronica Maria (Renée)

Date of birth:

20 December 1952

Place of birth:

Oud-Beijerland (Zuid Holland), Netherlands

Marital status:

Married to Dr Richard Jones, two children

EDUCATION

1981

Diplomatic training, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1977

Master of Arts, Russian Studies, University of Sussex (UK)

1976

Licentiate, University of Antwerp (Belgium) Russian & English studies, politics & economics

1972

Università Italiana per Stranieri, Perugia (Italy)

1971

Gymnasium, Katwijk de Breul, Zeist (Netherlands)

LANGUAGES

Dutch:

Native speaker

English:

Excellent

German:

Fair

French:

Fair

Russian:

Fair

Italian:

Basic

CAREER

2008-

Ambassador of the Netherlands to the United States of America

2005-2008

Director-General for Regional Policy and Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2003-2005

Deputy Director-General for Regional Policy and Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2000-2003

Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1998-2000

Security Council Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1994-1998

Deputy Chief of Mission, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic

1990-1994

Head of Recruitment & Training, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1987-1990

First Secretary, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C.

1982-1987

Posted at Dutch embassies in Dhaka and Paramaribo

1981

Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1979-1980

Assistant to the Agricultural Counsellor, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Moscow, USSR

1977-1978

Free lance interpreter/translator, Interlingua

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Member of the Supervisory Board of the Leiden University Medical Centre (2006-2008)

Member of the Board of the Netherlands Society for International Affairs (2001-2008)

Member of the Advisory Board of the University of Tilburg (2002-2008)

Chair of the Selection Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2004-2008)

Translation (English into Dutch) of The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy, Spectrum Publishing Company (1978)

HOBBIES

Reading, walking, fitness