Désirée Bonis (born 5 July 1959, in

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) is a former

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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. She has been replaced by

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. Previously she worked as director of the department

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at the

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. She also performed several diplomatic duties; so she was

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

from 2006 to 2010 (succeeded by Dolf Hogewoning). Between 2013 and 2016 and she was the national coordinator for international positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bonis was Dutch ambassador to

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from 2016 to 2020. Bonis studied history. She is married, has two daughters.

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