The ambassador

Maaike van Koldam

Dutch ambassador in Dublin
Maaike van Koldam has been ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Ireland since 2023.  

Curriculum Vitae


Name: Van Koldam, Maaike
Born: Groningen (NL), 3 July 1964

In 1996 Ms. Maaike van Koldam started at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Netherlands, followed by postings in St Petersburg, Almaty and Vienna (at the Permanent
Representation of the Netherlands to the OSCE). At the MFA she worked at the Western
Hemisphere Department, as well as at the Humanitarian Aid Division.
 

Further postings

2023 - current 
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ireland

2019 – 2023 
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Georgia

2015 - 2019 
Deputy Head of Mission, Netherlands Embassy in Kyiv

2012 - 2015 
Counsellor, Netherlands Embassy in Moscow

2010 - 2012 
Deputy Head of Mission, Netherlands Embassy in Santiago de Chile
 

Education

Slavonic Languages, University of Groningen (NL)