Foreign Ministers of the Netherlands: Joseph Luns, Dries Van Agt, Dirk Stikker, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Hans Van Mierlo, Jozias Van Aartsen

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Joseph Luns, Dries Van Agt, Dirk Stikker, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Hans Van Mierlo, Jozias Van Aartsen, Pieter Kooijmans, Maxime Verhagen, Ben Bot, Andries Cornelies Dirk de Graeff, Hans Van Den Broek, Max Van Der Stoel, Joan Röell, Norbert Schmelzer, Eelco Van Kleffens, List of Dutch Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Willem Huyssen Van Kattendijke, Gijsbert Van Tienhoven, Pim Van Boetzelaer Van Oosterhout, John Loudon, Jan Willem Beyen, Herman Van Roijen, Eppo Cremers, Jacob Van Zuylen Van Nijevelt, Herman Adriaan Van Karnebeek, Julius Van Zuylen Van Nijevelt, Willem Frederik Rochussen, René de Marees Van Swinderen, Chris Van Der Klaauw, Theodorus Marinus Roest Van Limburg, Joannes Josephus Van Mulken, Martin Pascal Hubert Strens, Paul Therèse Van Der Maesen de Sombreff, Louis Napoleon Van Der Goes Van Dirxland, Frans Beelaerts Van Blokland, Jacob Adriaan Nicolaas Patijn. Excerpt: Andries Cornelies Dirk de Graeff Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (Den Haag , August 7, 1872 April 24, 1957) was a Governor General of Dutch East Indies and a Dutch minister for foreign affairs . Family Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff was a descendant of the De Graeff -family from the Dutch Golden Age . He was a son of the general consul and Dutch minister in Japan Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek , and jonkvrouw Caroline Angelique van der Wijk, daughter of jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijk. They had a son and four daughters. Carriere From 1919-1922 De Graeff was a Dutch Ambassador in Tokyo , and from 1922-1926 in Washington . He served as Gouvernor General between March 26 , 1926 until September 11, 1931. De Graeff was also the Dutch minister for foreign affairs for an unspecified period during 1936 and 1937 . During 1936, de Graeff served as a "sort of stooge" to British Foreign Secretary Antho...