Ir. R.P. (Roald) Lapperre will become Director-General for Kingdom Relations at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The Council of Ministers has approved the proposal of Minister Bruins Slot of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The appointment will take effect on the 1st of September, 2022.
The Director-General of Kingdom Relations (DGKR) is responsible for the realization of an integrated agenda for Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and for Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and all temporary tasks, assignments,
programs and projects that arise from this. Where other ministries bear
responsibility, a directing and coordinating role will be fulfilled in partnership.
The DGKR will also pay attention to the further development of the
Directorate-General. The DGKR also plays a role in the field of security on the
islands and is chairman of the administrative crisis team. In conclusion, the
DGKR is in charge of transcending portfolios in the Board of Directors of the
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
Roald Lapperre: ”I am very honored with my appointment. In recent years I
have already worked intensively with the Caribbean Netherlands and in my
new role I will give substance to the broad cooperation agenda with the
Caribbean parts of the Kingdom with great pleasure and conviction in the
coming years. I look forward to working with colleagues in The Hague and on
the islands to further broaden and deepen our relationships on the multitude
of themes that connect us.”
“With Roald, we have an experienced director-general for the DGKR’s
declarations. Roald has a lot of policy experience and also knows how it
works in implementation. He has extensive experience in departmental
cooperation and cooperation with the Caribbean part of the Netherlands.
Roald has knowledge and skills that enable him to build bridges with the other
departments between the political-administrative ambitions of The Hague and
the interests of the countries and the Caribbean Netherlands. I look forward to
the arrival of Roald,” said Maarten Schurink, Secretary General of the Interior
and Kingdom Relations.
Roald Lapperre has been Director-General for Environment and International
at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management since August 2017.
Before that he was, among other things, director of General Water Policy and
Security, also deputy director-general of Spatial Planning and Water, at the
then Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and director of European
Agricultural Policy and Food Security, also deputy director-general Agro, at
the then ministry of Economic Affairs.
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Roald Lapperre studied Cultural Engineering at Wageningen University.
This appointment was made on the basis of the procedure for the top
management group of the ‘Algemeen Bestuursdienst’. The recruitment and
selection for this appointment was done by Bureau ABD and the Ministry of
the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The vacancy was widely advertised, as
usual, so that anyone could apply.