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.
- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, jurist, university teacher
- Position held
- Secretary General of NATO, member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, Minister of Foreign Affairs, substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Born
