Background
HOEKMAN, Johan was born on September 11, 1931 in Groningen.
HOEKMAN, Johan was born on September 11, 1931 in Groningen.
University of Groningen.
Joined Foreign Service 1961, Attache, Baghdad 1962-1965, Second Secretary, Washington 1965-1968, Charge d’Affaires, Jeddah 1968-1972, Counsellor, Cairo 1972-1974, Deputy, later Head Department, for Financial and Economics Development Company-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1974-1980, Director-General for Institute Cooperation 1984-1988. Ambassador to Senegal 1980-1981, to Suriname 1981-1984,1988-1990, to United Kingdom (also accredited to Iceland) since 1990.
Married Jeanne van Gelder in 1957.