Chargé d’affaires - Chad
Chargé d’affaires
Aika van der Kleij
Dutch chargé d’affaires in Chad
Aika van der Kleij has been chargé d’affaires of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Chad since 2026.
2026 – present
Head of the Diplomatic Office of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, N’Djamena, Chad
2021 – 2026
Thematic Expert, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Bujumbura, Burundi
2018 – 2021
Policy Implementer, Municipality of Amsterdam, Oost District
2018
Technical Advisor, Rutgers, the Netherlands (interim)
2014 – 2018
Programme Manager, Simavi, the Netherlands
2013 – 2014
Coordinator, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Ivory Coast
2011 – 2012
Senior Programme Manager, Christian Aid, Burkina Faso
2009 – 2011
Coordinator, SNV, Burkina Faso
2007 – 2009
Coordinator, Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, Amsterdam and Manila
2006 – 2007
Project Manager, Centre for International Legal Cooperation, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
2003 – 2005
Programme Officer, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Sudan and São Tomé and Príncipe
Education
1993–1998: Master’s degree in International Law, specialising in Women’s Rights, University of Amsterdam; exchange studies in Traditional and Comparative Law at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa (1997), and European and Islamic Law at Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France (1997–1998); summer school in Arabic Language at Birzeit University, Palestine (1996).
Head of the Diplomatic Office of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, N’Djamena, Chad
2021 – 2026
Thematic Expert, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Bujumbura, Burundi
2018 – 2021
Policy Implementer, Municipality of Amsterdam, Oost District
2018
Technical Advisor, Rutgers, the Netherlands (interim)
2014 – 2018
Programme Manager, Simavi, the Netherlands
2013 – 2014
Coordinator, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Ivory Coast
2011 – 2012
Senior Programme Manager, Christian Aid, Burkina Faso
2009 – 2011
Coordinator, SNV, Burkina Faso
2007 – 2009
Coordinator, Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, Amsterdam and Manila
2006 – 2007
Project Manager, Centre for International Legal Cooperation, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
2003 – 2005
Programme Officer, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Sudan and São Tomé and Príncipe
Education
1993–1998: Master’s degree in International Law, specialising in Women’s Rights, University of Amsterdam; exchange studies in Traditional and Comparative Law at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa (1997), and European and Islamic Law at Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France (1997–1998); summer school in Arabic Language at Birzeit University, Palestine (1996).