European Commission Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal
- European Commission Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal
December 2019-present - First Vice-President of the European Commission, in charge of Better Regulation,
Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
2014-2019 - Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
2012-2014 - Member of the Dutch parliament, Partij van de Arbeid (Dutch Labour Party)
2010-2012 and 1998-2007 - Minister of European Affairs, The Netherlands
2007-2010 - Senior Advisor and Private Secretary to High Commissioner on National Minorities of the OSCE Max van der Stoel
1995-1998 - Staff member of EU Commissioner Hans van den Broek
1994-1995 - Deputy Head of the EC Affairs Section, Directorate-General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs., The Netherlands
1993-1994 - Second Secretary, Dutch embassy in Moscow
1990-1993 - Policy Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
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