Name

Caecilia T.M. Wijgers

Date of birth

31 July 1967

Education

1992 University of Leiden: Master’s Public Administration

Previous positions

2025 – 2026 Head of Taskforce Medical Evacuations Gaza

2023 – 2025 Ambassador in Bamako, Mali

2020 – 2022 Ambassador in Kabul, Afghanistan

2018 – 2020 Ambassador in Bujumbura, Burundi

2014 – 2018 Deputy Ambassador in Accra, Ghana

2012 – 2014 Sherpa Support Coordinator at the Nuclear Security Summit 2014

2012                 Senior Rule of Law Advisor at the Police Training Mission in Kunduz (Afghanistan)

2009 – 2012 Policy Coordinator at the Department for United Nations and International Financial Institutions

2005 – 2009 Deputy Ambassador in Havana, Cuba

Since 1996 working for Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, serving among others in Islamabad, Ouagadougou, as well as at the department's secretary-general's office.