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Regina Veronica Maria (Renée) Jones-Bos (born 20 December 1952) is a Dutch diplomat, she was the 44th representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States of America. Jones-Bos presented her Letters of Credential to President George W. Bush on September 18, 2008. This appointment marked a return to the United States for Jones-Bos, where she initially served as First Secretary to the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington from 1987 to 1990. Since 2011 she serves as the Secretary-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague. ==Life== Jones-Bos possesses extensive experience in diplomacy and has steadily risen through the ranks of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to her appointment to Washington, Jones-Bos served as the Director-General for Regional Policy and Consular Affairs and as Ambassador -at- Large for Human Rights. Jones-Bos also served as the Head of the Security Council Task Force of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Previous duties within the Ministry also included: Deputy Chief of Mission to the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic; Head of Recruitment & Training; and postings in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Paramaribo, Suriname; and Moscow, USSR. Before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jones-Bos began her career as a translator/interpreter. The Ambassador speaks French, German, Italian and Russian. Jones-Bos has held several board positions throughout her career with many institutions including: the Supervisory Board of the Leiden University Medical Center; the Netherlands Society for International Affairs; the Advisory Board of the University of Tilburg; and the Selection Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She holds a Masters of Arts degree in Russian Studies from the University of Sussex (U.K) and a degree in Russian and English Studies, Politics and Economics from the University of Antwerp (Belgium). She grew up in the Dutch town of Oud-Beijerland in the province of South Holland. Jones-Bos and her husband, Richard Jones, have two children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Renée Jones-Bos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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