Marnix Krop

About Marnix Krop

Marnix Krop served as the Dutch Ambassador in Berlin from 2009 to 2013, where he observed and accompanied the remarkable rise of Germany’s significance in Europe.

Born on September 2, 1948, he completed his law studies at the University of Groningen in 1972. From 1973 to 1975, he pursued a Master’s degree in International Relations in Bologna (Italy) and Washington, DC. From 1977 to 1985, he worked at the Wiardi Beckman Foundation in Amsterdam, initially as a research associate and since 1980 as deputy director. In 1989, he entered the diplomatic service and served, among other positions, as deputy ambassador in France (Paris) and as ambassador in Poland (Warsaw, co-accredited in Minsk) and Germany (Berlin). At the Foreign Ministry, Krop served as a speechwriter for Minister van den Broek, as Director of the Strategy Department, and as General Director for European Cooperation (DGES) from 2002 to 2006.

With a cycling tour of nearly 900 kilometers in August 2013 – from Berlin to Wassenaar – Marnix Krop bid farewell to his last “country” and to Dutch diplomacy in a typically Dutch manner.

He currently works as an independent consultant and publicist (KropPBA). Furthermore, he is a Fellow at the Clingendael Institute in The Hague and the Germany Institute of the University of Amsterdam. He is a member of the supervisory board of several cultural institutions and recently wrote a book about Germany and Europe, which will be published later this month.

In his lectures, the former ambassador speaks compellingly about the Euro crisis, Germany’s (leading) role in and outside the European Union, as well as the German-Dutch relations in politics, economy, culture (and football). Through his extensive experience in leadership positions, leadership is a natural topic for the former ambassador.

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