Meet the ambassador

Marieke Monroy - Winter

Dutch ambassador in Yerevan

Marieke Monroy - Winter has been ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Armenia since 2024. 

Curriculum vitae 

WORK EXPERIENCE

September 2024-present
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Armenia

August 2020 - July 2024
Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tel Aviv, Israel 

August 2016 - August 2020
Head of Division for Security and Defense Policy, Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Hague,  Netherlands

August 2011 - August 2016
Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lisbon, Portugal 

August 2007 - August 2011
Deputy Head Political Section, Netherlands Delegation to NATO, Brussels, Belgium

August 2003 – August 2007
Desk Officer for Security and Defense Policy, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands

August 1999-August 2003
Head Press and Cultural Affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bratislava, Slovakia 

August 1997 – August 1999
Second Secretary Press and Cultural Affairs,  Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Jakarta, Indonesia 

January 1995 – August 1997
Desk Officer International Environmental Policy, Department for Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Hague, Netherlands

Education

Master Management and Organization, University of Groningen, 1992
Master Roman Languages and Culture, University of Groningen, 1993

Languages

Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese

Leisure activities and interests

Golf, fitness, hiking, wild flowers, playing the piano, reading. 

Ms. Monroy-Winter is widow of Mr. Pedro Monroy