H.E. Jacques Werner

His Excellency, Ambassador Jacques Werner is a distinguished diplomat with over four decades of service in the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign AƯairs. Since September 2022, he has served as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Before his current appointment, Ambassador Werner represented the Netherlands as Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the European Union in Brussels from October 2021 to September 2022. His extensive diplomatic career includes ambassadorial postings in Iran (2018–2021), Singapore and Brunei (2013–2017), and Romania (2005–2009). Throughout these roles, he focused on areas such as trade, economic cooperation, regional policy, European integration, and academic collaboration. In addition to his ambassadorial duties, Ambassador Werner has held several prominent positions within the Ministry of Foreign AƯairs, including Director of the Europe Department, where he managed bilateral relations with 45 countries and contributed to European and regional policy development. His career also includes postings in The Hague, Copenhagen, and Belgrade, with extensive collaboration with the European Union on political and security matters.

Ambassador Werner holds a master’s degree in Public International Law from Rijksuniversiteit Leiden and spent a post-doctoral year at the Institut des Hautes Études Internationales in Geneva.

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