Deputy Permanent Representative

Lars Tummers

Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
Lars Tummers is the Head of the Political Division of the Permanent Representation and was appointed in 2022. 

Professional Career

2022 – Present: Deputy Permanent Representative and Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations in Geneva

2021 – 2022 Sabbatical

2018 – 2021 Netherlands Ambassador to Libya

2014 - 2018:
  • Netherlands Special Envoy on Counterterrorism (2017)
  • National Security Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Head of Counterterrorism and National Security
2013 – 2014 Dep. Chief of Staff, Head of Cyprus Office, UN/OPCW Mission in Syria

2012 – 2013 Coordinator/Head Afghanistan Task Force, NL MFA

2010 – 2012 Deputy Head of Mission, NL MFA Baghdad, Iraq

2005 – 2010 Head Political Affairs/Darfur Coordinator, NL MFA Khartoum

2004 – 2005 Chief of Staff IOM Out of Country Voting, Amman/Baghdad

2001 – 2004 Permanent Secretary Office Prime Minister Kosovo, UN, Pristina, Kosovo

2000 – 2001 Acting and Deputy POLAD COMKFOR NATO, Pristina, Kosovo

1999 – 2000 Chief Policy Adviser Head of Misson, OSCE Mission in Kosovo

1998 – 1999 Policy Officer Weapons Export Division, NL MFA

1996 – 1997 NL MoD

1995 – 1996 Assistant Legal Adviser, COMUNPROFOR, UN, Sarajevo, BiH

1994 – 1995 Military service, Reserve Officer Army, NL MoD


Education

1996 – 1998 School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins (MA), Bologna/Italy & Washington DC/US, Fulbright Scholar

1993 – 1994 University of Florida, International Relations (MA)

1988 – 1993 University of Utrecht, International Relations (MA)

1988 – 1993 University of Utrecht, International Law SHAPE (MA)
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