15 Facts About Pieter Kooijmans

Pieter Kooijmans was a member of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party, which later merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal party.

Pieter Kooijmans was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 13 July 2007.

Pieter Hendrik Kooijmans was born on 6 July 1933 in Heemstede in the Netherlands.

Pieter Kooijmans's father was Johannes Kooijmans, an engineer and a member of the municipal council of Heemstede, and his mother was Alida Jonker.

Pieter Kooijmans studied at the Free University Amsterdam from July 1951, majoring in Economics and Law, obtaining a Bachelor of Economics degree in June 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in July 1954.

Pieter Kooijmans then worked as a student researcher before graduating with a Master of Economics degree in June 1957 and a Master of Laws degree in July 1958.

Pieter Kooijmans worked as a researcher at the Free University Amsterdam from July 1958 until January 1960, and then as an associate professor of International law there from 1 January 1960 until 20 February 1964, when he earned a doctorate as a Doctor of Law in Constitutional law.

Pieter Kooijmans obtained his doctorate in constitutional 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.

Pieter Kooijmans served in the Dutch Foreign Ministry as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977.

In May 1977 Pieter Kooijmans announced that he wouldn't stand for the election of 1977.

Pieter Kooijmans semi-retired from national politics and became active in the public sector and served as a professor of International law and International relations at the Leiden University from 10 January 1978 until 20 December 1992 and served as a professor of International law and International relations at The Hague Academy of International Law from 1 August 1979 until 1 November 1989.

Pieter Kooijmans served as a diplomat on behalf of the United Nations as a special rapporteur on Human rights and Torture.

Pieter Kooijmans was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers III following the appointment of Hans van den Broek as the European Commissioner, taking office on 3 January 1993.

In September 1993 Pieter Kooijmans announced that he would not stand for the election of 1994.

Pieter Kooijmans served as a Judge on the International Court of Justice from 1997 to 2006.