CV Richard van Rijssen

Name

Richard van Rijssen

Born

11 May 1953, Deventer

Marital status

Married to Wivine Marie Angèle Zwart, one son

1984

Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Paris

1979

Civil Law, Philosophy of Law, Groningen University

1971

High School

Richard van Rijssen joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979

2009 – present

Ambassador of the Netherlands to Norway and Iceland

2008 – 2009

Project Manager on Security Matters, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague

2006 – 2008

Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington

2002 – 2006

Director Trade and Investment Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague

2001 – 2002

Deputy Director Trade and Investment Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague

1999 – 2001

Head Economic and Policy Section and Press and Cultural Affairs, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok

1995 – 1999

Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands in Geneva

1981 – 1995

Various diplomatic positions in Strasbourg (Council of Europe), Algiers, Washington and The Hague

1977 – 1979

Research Assistant Faculty of Law, Groningen University

1998 – 1999

Chairman-Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on the Establishment of a Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples

1999

Richard van Rijssen received the 1999 Human Rights Award of the International Service for Human Rights for his work in Geneva