Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

11th Secretary General of NATO

Jakob Gijsbert "Jaap" de Hoop Scheffer (Dutch: [ˈjaːb də ɦoːp ˈsxɛfər]; born 3 April 1948) is a Dutch retired politician, jurist and diplomat who served as the eleventh secretary general of NATO from January 2004 to August 2009. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), which he led from March 1997 to October 2001, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 2002 until December 2003 under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.²

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Born Apr 3, 1948.¹