The ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (; ) is the Republic of the Philippines' foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. As officer of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, the head of the embassy, and the head of the Philippines' diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and the government of the Philippines to the monarch and government of the Netherlands. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
Heads of mission Head of mission Tenure Note(s) Nicanor A. Roxas 1959 – 1962 Presented his credentials twice to Queen Juliana: 11 March 1959 (as envoy) and 27 May 1960 (as ambassador). Librado D. Cayco 1962 Eduardo T. Quintero 1964 – 1965 Delfin R. Garcia 1965 – 1971 Rogelio de la Rosa 1971 – 1978 Jose V. Cruz 1978 – 1980 Jose I. Plana 1984 – 1987 Rosario V. Cariño 1987 – 1991 Romeo A. Arguelles 1992 – 1994 First term. Rodolfo Sanchez 1995 – 1999 Eloy R. Bello III 1999 – 2002 Romeo A. Arguelles 2002 – 2009 Second term. Cardozo M. Luna 2009 – 2010 Lourdes G. Morales 2011 – 2013 Appointed by Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III on 31 May 2011, and was later approved by the Commission of Appointments. Jaime Victor B. Ledda 2014 – 2020 Jose Eduardo E. Malaya III 7 April 2021 – present Appointed by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte on 18 September 2020, and was later confirmed by the Commission of Appointments less than two months later.Credentials were presented to King Willem-Alexander on 7 April 2021. Source: Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, The Hague
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