Pieter Feith | |
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| General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union Deputy Director General for Politico-Military | |
| In office 2001–2010 | |
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| Born | (1945-02-09)9 February 1945 (age 80)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
Pieter Cornelis Feith (born 9 February 1945) is a Dutchdiplomat, formerly serving as theEuropean Union Special Representative (EUSR) and as theInternational Civilian Representative inKosovo.[2][3]
Feith was born inRotterdam, theNetherlands, and studiedpolitical science at theUniversity of Lausanne,Switzerland, and is a graduate of theFletcher School of Law and Diplomacy atMedford, Massachusetts,United States (1970).
Feith has been active in foreign affairs since 1970. He has been posted inDamascus,Bonn,New York City (Mission to theUnited Nations),Khartoum and at the Netherlands Mission toNATO and the Western European Union (WEU), inBrussels. He also chaired the first United Nations Conference of States Parties to theChemical Weapons Convention atThe Hague in 1997.
Feith has been active in theBalkans during his time with NATO, particularly as Political Adviser to CommanderIFOR inBosnia-Herzegovina, and served on theEU Council for mission assessment toDarfur. He also headed the EU Expert Team for Iraq.
In 2005 Feith was head of theAceh Monitoring Mission, a mandated mission under theEuropean Security and Defence Policy. The successful mission expired in December 2006.
In April 2008 as European Union special representative he led a team of EU officials and approved theConstitution of thepartially recognisedRepublic of Kosovo.[4]
On 14 November 2008, a bomb exploded outside the office of Feith, in Kosovo's capital,Pristina.[5][6] Robert Z, Andreas J and Andreas D, agents of Germany's intelligence service theBND, were arrested on suspicion of having thrown the bomb. On 29 November the three men left Pristina on a special flight headed for Berlin.[7][8]
He is married to Christina Wachtmeister, who ownsKvesarum Castle, and they have three daughters.[11]
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