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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| Dutch: |
Native speaker |
| English: |
Excellent |
| German: |
Fair |
| French: |
Fair |
| Russian: |
Fair |
| Italian: |
Basic |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| Reading, walking, fitness |
