About Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Jakob Gijsbert "Jaap" de Hoop Scheffer 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.
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Awards & Honors
Grand Order of King Tomislav
Grand Order of King Petar Krešimir IV
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
Cross of Recognition
Order of Stara Planina
Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Decoration for Exceptional Merits
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class
Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross
