Pieter Feith

Pieter Feith

Infobox Secretary-General
name = Pieter Feith


order =
title = General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
Deputy Director General for Politico-Military
term_start = 2001
term_end =
predecessor =
birth_date = birth date and age|1945|02|09 [ [http://consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=1446&lang=EN Curriculum vitae ] ]
birth_place = Rotterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands [ [http://consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=1446&lang=EN Curriculum vitae ] ]
death_date =
death_place =
nationality = NLD
spouse =
alma_mater = University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Pieter Cornelis Feith (February 9, 1945) is a Dutch diplomat, currently serving as the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) in Kosovo. [Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs - [http://www.minbuza.nl/nl/actueel/nieuwsberichten,2008/02/Nederlander-benoemd-tot-speciaal-gezant.html Nederlander benoemd tot speciaal EU-gezant Kosovo] ]

About

Feith was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and studied political science at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland and is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Medford, United States (1970).

Feith has been active in foreign affairs since 1970. He has been posted in Damascus, Bonn, New York (Mission to the United Nations), Khartoum and at the Netherlands Mission to NATO and WEU, Brussels. He also Chaired the first United Nations Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention at The Hague in 1997.

Feith has been active in the Balkans during his time with NATO, particulaly as Political Adviser to Commander IFOR in Bosnia-Herzegovina. And served on the EU Council for mission assessment to Darfur. He also headed the EU Expert Team for Iraq.

In 2005 Feith was head of the Aceh Monitoring Mission, a mandated mission under the European Security and Defence Policy. The successful mission expired in December 2006.

In April 2008 he led a team of EU officials and approved the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo. [ [http://www.newser.com/article/1A1-D8VPQJPO1.html Top EU official in Kosovo approves new country's constitution – Newser ] ]

Professional experience

* 1970 - 1995 - The Netherlands Diplomatic Service
* 1995 - 2001 - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Personal Representative of Secretary General Lord Robertson for Yugoslavia, Director of the Crisis Management and Operations Directorate, Head of the NATO Balkans Task Force and Political Advisor to Commander IFOR Bosnia-Herzegovina.
* 2001 - until present - General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Deputy Director General for Politico-Military Affairs.
* 2004 - Personal Representative of the EU High Representative, Javier Solana, for Sudan/Darfur.
* 2005 - Head of EU Expert Team for Iraq.
* 2005 - 2006 - Head of the EU-led Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) in Indonesia.
* 2007 - Civilian Operations Commander for all civilian ESDP Crisis Management Operations, Acting Director of the EU Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability. [ [http://consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=1446&lang=EN&mode=g Curriculum vitae ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.aceh-mm.org/english/amm_menu/profile_pieter.htm Profile of Pieter Feith] on the website of the Aceh Monitoring Mission
* [http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2002/issue4/english/art2.html]


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