Career

Name:  Peter Mollema

Born on 26 July 1961 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Has two children

August 2023 - Present

Ambassador

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Egypt

August 2018 – August 2023

Director for Communications

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

November 2014  -  July 2018

Representative, Head of Mission

The Netherlands Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority

August 2011  -  October 2014

Deputy Head of Mission / Head Political Section

The Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington DC, USA

May 2009  -  July 2011

Deputy Head of Mission

The Royal Netherlands Embassy in South Africa

July 2008  -  February 2009

Civilian Representative at  Task Force Uruzgan V

In Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan, Afghanistan

August 2006  -  July 2008

Deputy Director for Communications

The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

August 2003  -  July 2006

Head of Political Section

The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia

December 1998  -  July 2003

First Secretary (political affairs) and spokesman for the Ambassador

The Permanent Representation of the Netherlands at the United Nations in New York

July 1996  -  November 1998

Spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

July 1992  -  July 1996

Development Secretary at the Netherlands Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan

July 1989  -  June 1992

Second Secretary Political Affairs at the Netherlands Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa

January 1987  -  July 1989

Programme Officer (development) at  Indonesia Desk, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

January 1986  -  December 1986 

Diplomatic Training Programme

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Education

Open University Netherlands, M.Sc., Management

State University Groningen. M.A., Socio-Economic History and Contemporary History

Wessel Gansfort College, Groningen, Atheneum