Curriculum Vitae Peter Potman

Peter Potman has been working at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1988. He has held several offices at the Ministry in The Hague, as well as postings abroad in Shanghai (2011-2014), Washington (2004-2008), Geneva (1994-1997) and Beijing (1989-1992).

He is married to Ingrid d’Hooghe and has two children.

Personalia

Name: POTMAN, Peter Christiaan
Place and date of birth: Oldebroek, 31 May 1964
Nationality: Dutch
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Married

Career

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
August 2023 to present: Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations Organisations in Vienna

August 2019 – August 2023: Deputy Director General Foreign Economic Relations

September 2014 – August 2019: Director Asia and Oceania Department

August 2011 - August 2014: Consul General, Consulate General of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands in Shanghai

August 2008 – August 2011: Deputy Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs
Department

June 2004 – July 2008: Political Counsellor, Royal Netherlands Embassy in
Washington

January 2000 – June 2004: Deputy head of division, Security Policy Department

August 1997 – January 2000: Deputy head of division, United Nations Department

August 1994 – August 1997: Second Secretary, Netherlands delegation to the
Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

January 1992 – August 1994: Policy officer, Asian and Pacific Affairs Department

August 1989 – January 1992: Third secretary, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Beijing

Education

1982 – 1988: Amsterdam University, The Netherlands
Masters in European Studies