Max van der Stoel

Max van der Stoel KCMG
Max van der Stoel (left) and Caspar Weinberger (right)
Minister of State
In office May 17, 1991 – 1995
Monarch	Queen Beatrix
High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In office January 1, 1993 – July 1, 2001
Preceded by	"First"
Succeeded by	Rolf Ekeus
Member of the Dutch Council of State
In office August 1, 1986 – January 1, 1993
Dutch Ambassador to the United Nations
In office 1983 – August 1, 1986
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office September 11, 1981 – May 29, 1982
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Chris van der Klaauw
Succeeded by	Dries van Agt
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office May 11, 1973 – December 19, 1977
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl
Preceded by	Norbert Schmelzer
Succeeded by	Chris van der Klaauw
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
In office July 22, 1965 – November 22, 1966
Prime Minister	Jo Cals
Preceded by	Isaäc Nicolaas Theodoor Diepenhorst
Succeeded by	Leo de Block
Personal details
Born	(1924-08-03) 3 August 1924 Voorschoten, Netherlands
Political party	PvdA
Residence(s)	The Hague, Netherlands
Alma mater	Leiden University
Occupation	Lawyer

Max van der Stoel, KCMG (born 3 August 1924, Voorschoten) is a Dutch politician and former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs. He served as the first High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Career

Van der Stoel studied law at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. From 1953 to 1958 he worked for the Wiardi Beckmanstichting, the scientific bureau of the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) and became international secretary for the PvdA in 1963. From 1973 to 1977 and 1981 to 1982 he was the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs.

He was appointed as the first High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in December 1992 and took up his functions in January 1993. He remained in office until 2000. Max van der Stoel is a member of the Bilderberg Group.

External links

• Averting Inter-Ethnic Conflict: An Analysis of the CSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Estonia - (Google cache)
• National Minority Rights Enforcement in Europe: A Difficult Balancing Act

Max van der Stoel has been appointed on the Advisory Board of the Template:European History Educators Association- EUROCLIO.