Pieter Kooijmans
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His Excellency Peter Kooijmans |
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| Judge of the International Court of Justice | |
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In office 1 March 1997 – 1 March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Luigi Ferrari Bravo |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Keith |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 2 January 1993 – 22 August 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
| Preceded by | Hans van den Broek |
| Succeeded by | Hans van Mierlo |
| State Secretary for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 11 May 1973 – 19 December 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | Joop den Uyl |
| Preceded by | Tjerk Westerterp |
| Succeeded by | Durk van der Mei |
| Personal details | |
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Pieter Hendrik Kooijmans 6 July 1933 Heemstede, Netherlands |
| Died | 13 February 2013 (aged 79) |
| Political party |
ARP (1973-1980) CDA (from 1980) |
| Children | 4 children |
| Residence | Wassenaar, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit |
| Occupation | Jurist, Diplomat |
| Religion | Protestant Church in the Netherlands |
Pieter Hendrik "Peter" Kooijmans (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpitər ˈɦɛndrɪk ˈpeːtər ˈkoːimɑns]; 6 July 1933 – 13 February 2013) was a Dutch jurist, politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Anti Revolutionary Party and later a member of its successor party the Christian Democratic Appeal. He was State Secretary and later Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973–1977 and 1993–1994). In between these periods of office he worked for the UN as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, (1985–1993). He served as a Judge on the International Court of Justice (1997–2006).
Pieter Hendrik Kooijmans was born on 6 July 1933 in Heemstede in the Netherlands. His father was Johannes Kooijmans, an engineer and a member of the city council of Heemstede, and his mother was Alida Jonker.
Kooijmans went to the secondary school Eerste Christelijk Lyceum in Haarlem, where he followed the gymnasium program in humanities. In 1951, he started his studies economics and Dutch law at the Free University in Amsterdam. He received his candidate degree in economics (Bachelor of Economics) in 1955 and his master's degree in law (Master of Law) cum laude in 1957. He obtained his doctorate in constitutional law (Doctor of Law) with his dissertation The doctrine of the legal equality of states; an inquiry into the foundations of international law at the Free University in 1964.
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