Background
Jonkman, Pieter Jan Hans was born on June 2, 1925 in Semarang, Indonesia. Son of January A. and Johanna L.M. (De Bruïne) Jonkman.
Jonkman, Pieter Jan Hans was born on June 2, 1925 in Semarang, Indonesia. Son of January A. and Johanna L.M. (De Bruïne) Jonkman.
Degree in law, University Leiden (The Netherlands), 1954.
Attaché, Netherlands Embassy, Paris, l955-57; 2d secretary, Netherlands Embassy, Pretoria, Kinshasa 2d secretary, Netherlands Embassy, Buenos Aires, l957-62; deputy chief missions, Netherlands Embassy, Beirut, l97l-73; deputy chief missions, Netherlands Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia, l973-75; North Atlantic Treaty Organization and WEU affairs officer, Western European Union, The Hague, The Netherlands, l962-66; deputy director-general international affairs, Ministry Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands, l975-80; information counsellor, permanent representative to, European Cities and Netherlands Embassy, Brussels, l966-7l; grand officer and grandmaster to the Queen,, Royal Household, The Hague, l980-87; ambassador to Great Britain,, Netherlands Embassy, London, l987-90; president, Assembly of International Maritime Organisation, London, 1989-1991; secretary-general, The Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague, The Netherlands, since 1991.
Member Society de Witte (The Hague).
Married Maria Elisabeth Te Winkel, April 11, 1939. 3 children.