Meeting with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Poland, Daphne Bergsma

The Institute of Political Science and Administration of UMCS is pleased to invite all employees and students of the University to a meeting with Daphne Bergsma, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Poland.

Date: 10th of May 2023, 9:00 am.
The organisator kindly asks you to arrive half an hour before the start of the event. 

Place: Aula A.1.09, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Głęboka 45 Street, Lublin

The meeting will be led by prof. dr hab. Marek Pietraś, Director of the Institute of Political Science and Administration of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.

The meeting will be held in English. The organiser does not provide Polish translation.


About the Ambassador:

MRS DAPHNE BERGSMA - Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Born in Amsterdam, 5 July 1960. MA Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam (1984). Mrs Bergsma was married to Jan-Paul Dirkse. She is a widow since March 2017.

Languages: Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish, Hebrew and Russian.

Mrs Bergsma joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1987 and has since then occupied the following positions:

  • Policy Officer Indonesia Desk in The Hague (1988-1990)
  • Assistant Spokesman to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in The Hague (1990-1993)
  • Berlin Embassy Office (1993-1996)
  • OSCE Coordinator Security Policy Department in The Hague (1996-2002)
  • Deputy Head Asylum Department in The Hague (2002-2005)
  • From September 2005 until August 2009 Mrs Bergsma was on special leave in Moscow, where her husband was the Dutch Ambassador. From Moscow she was sent on special short assignments:

- Acting Deputy Head of Mission in Tokio (2006)
- Acting Head of Gulf States Division in The Hague (2007)
- Acting Consul General in Sao Paulo, Brazil (2007)
- Acting Consul General Ho Chi Minh city (2008)
- Deputy Director of the Press and Communication Department in The Hague (2008)

  • Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Slovak Republic (2009-2013)
  • Director Europe Department /Deputy Director-General European Cooperation in The Hague (2013-2018)
  • Ambassador at Large / Special Advisor Consular Issues in The Hague (2018-2019)
  • As of 19 August 2019 Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Poland, also accredited to the Republic of Belarus

(source: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Poland)

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    Date of addition
    5 May 2023