STOEL, Max van der

(1924– )

   Politician. After studying law at the University of Leiden, van der Stoel worked for the Dutch Labor Party, the Partij van de Arbeid(PvdA), starting at the scientificbu reau. Between 1960 and 1982, he was a member of Parliament (in the First Chamber 1960–1965, and in the Second Chamber 1966–1973 and 1977–1981) and the government (as state secretary 1965–1966 and minister of foreign affairs 1973–1977 and 1981– 1982). Afterward, he became Dutch ambassador to the United Na tions (UN) (1983–1986), a member of the Dutch Council of State (1986–1992), and minister of state (as of 1991). During the 1990s, he was the United Nations Representative for Human Rights in Iraq, and from 1993 until 2001 the first Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) High Commissioner on National Mi norities. In 2001, under the authority of the Dutch government, van der Stoel convinced Jorge Zorreguieta, a former member of Ar gentina’s military regime, not to be present at the wedding of his daughter Maxima to Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.