Ambassador Claudia Pieterse - Latvia

The ambassador

Claudia Pieterse

Dutch ambassador in Riga
Claudia Pieterse has been ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Latvia since 2021.

Curriculum Vitae

Professional career

2021 – Current        Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Latvia.

2016 – 2021             Head of the Economic Department at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Rome, Italy.

2012 – 2016             Senior Policy Officer at the European Integration Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, the Netherlands.

2010 – 2012             Second Embassy Secretary at the Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.

2007 – 2010             Macroeconomic Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, the Netherlands. Directorate Development Cooperation.

2004 –2007              Policy Advisor at De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam,  the Netherlands.

Education
2003 - 2004   Master International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. Bologna (Italy) and Washington DC (USA). Fulbright Scholar.

2002   Master International Business, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

2001   National University of Singapore, Singapore.

1997   Gymnasium Haganum, Den Haag, the Netherlands.