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Pieter Smidt van Gelder

Dutch ambassador in Ouagadougou

Pieter Smidt van Gelder has been ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Burkina Faso since 2025.


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Visa, passports and certificates

Netherlandsworldwide.nl has information on consular services such as applying for a Dutch passport or ID card, a visa or a certificate of residence. You will also find information about the Non-Residents Records Database (RNI) and voting from abroad.