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Managing Director Americas, European External Action Service
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Delphine Pronk is a Dutch diplomat; she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2001, in service of the EEAS since October 2021.
Professional career:
October 2021 Ambassador/ Chair of the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, Deputy Political Director of the European External Action Service, Brussels, Belgium
2020 – 2021 Ambassador/ Representative of the Netherlands to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, Brussels, Belgium
2017 – 2020 Head International Enterprise, DG Foreign Economic Relations, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
2014 – 2017 Coordinator Diplomatic Network, Head of Regional Desk ‘Atlas’, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
2012 – 2014 Secondment at EU Delegation in Dakar, Senegal, responsible for Human Rights, Communication and Consular Coordination
2011 – 2012 Project leader Modernisation of Diplomacy, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
2008 – 2011 Head of Communication Unit – EU affairs, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
2006 – 2008 Senior policy advisor Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
2005 – 2006 Deputy head political & cultural affairs Royal Netherlands Embassy, Brussels, Belgium
2003 – 2005 Senior policy advisor to the Director-General for European Cooperation
2002 Internship, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Harare, Zimbabwe
2001 – 2003 Policy officer European Integration Department, Justice and Home Affairs, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague
2000 – 2001 European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, Parliamentary assistant to MEP
Educational background:
2000 MA in Public Administration (Erasmus University Rotterdam), the Netherlands
Delphine Pronk is married to Pieter Jan Kleiweg de Zwaan and has three children (2008, 2009 and 2012).