First Vice-President of the EU Commission, in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
- 2014-present
Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 2012-2014
Member of the Dutch parliament, representing Partij van de Arbeid (Dutch Labour Party)
- 2010-2012
Minister of European Affairs
- 2007-2010
Member of the Dutch parliament, representing Partij van de Arbeid (Dutch Labour Party)
- 1998-2007
Senior Advisor and Private Secretary to High Commissioner on National Minorities of the OSCE Max van der Stoel
- 1995-1998
Staff member for EU Commissioner Hans van den Broek
- 1994-1995
Deputy head of the Minister for Development Cooperation’s EC Affairs Section
- 1993-1994
Deputy Secretary of the Dutch embassy in Moscow
- 1990-1993
Policy Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1987-1990
Postgraduate courses in European Law and French Literature, University of Nancy
- 1984-1985
Degree in French language and literature, Radboud University Nijmegen
- 1980-1985
