Désirée Bonis (born 5 July 1959, in Velsen) is a former Dutch politician and diplomat. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was an MP from 20 September 2012 until 13 June 2013.[1] She has been replaced by Yasemin Çegerek. Previously she worked as director of the department Sub-Saharan Africa at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She also performed several diplomatic duties; so she was ambassador to Syria from 2006 to 2010[1] (succeeded by Dolf Hogewoning).
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Between 2013 and 2016 and she was the national coordinator for international positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bonis was Dutch ambassador to Morocco from 2016 to 2020.[1]
Bonis studied history. She is married, has two daughters.
References
edit- ^ a b c "D.E. (Désirée) Bonis" (in Dutch). Parlement.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.