Dr. Bahia Tahzib-Lie is Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ― comprising the four autonomous countries of the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, and St Maarten ― to the United Nations in New York.

Previous positions include:

• 2019 - 2023 Human Rights Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2016 - 2019 Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the State of Qatar
• 2014 - 2016 Minister of Foreign Affairs’ Special Envoy for UN Affairs
• 2013 - 2014 Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen (UNSG’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development)
• 2009 - 2013 Private Secretary to Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima of the Netherlands (UNSG’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development)
• 2006 - 2009 Counsellor for North Africa, Middle East & Gulf, Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the European Union
• 2004 - 2006 Deputy European Correspondent, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2002 - 2003 Personal Adviser to the Chair of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
• 1996 - 2003 Adviser, Human Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• 1994 - 1996 Policy Officer, International Immigration, Refugee and Criminal Law, Dutch Refugee Council
• 1991 - 1994 Legal Counsel, Legislative Department, Dutch Council of State
• 1990 - 1991 Associate Lecturer in Public International Law and International Organizations, Utrecht University School of Law

Ambassador Tahzib-Lie holds Master’s degrees and a PhD in Law (human rights). She studied Law at Utrecht University School of Law (1984―1988) and the University of Michigan Law School (1988―1989). She is the author and editor of several publications on human rights and co-author of an article on the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ campaign strategy for the UN Security Council elections in 2016.

Bahia is married and has two daughters.