# Jan Pronk

> Personal website and archive of Jan Pronk (Johannes Pieter Pronk, born 16 March 1940
> in Scheveningen, The Hague): Dutch politician and international civil servant, former
> Minister for Development Co-operation and Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning
> and Housing of the Netherlands, former Special Representative of the UN
> Secretary-General in Sudan, and Professor Emeritus of International Development at
> the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague.

www.janpronk.nl is Jan Pronk's personal website. It archives his speeches, columns,
essays, interviews, weblogs, books, publications, pictures and video/audio fragments,
in Dutch and in English, covering his career in Dutch politics (Labour Party, PvdA),
international development co-operation and the United Nations.

This is a personal archive, not a news service and not the website of a political
party or government body. Historic documents reflect the time they were written; the
canonical HTML page of each document is the authoritative version.

Every content page has a Markdown alternate: replace the .html extension with .md
(advertised per page via a link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown" tag). The full
page list is in the sitemap: https://www.janpronk.nl/sitemap.xml

## Main sections

- [Home](https://www.janpronk.nl/) ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/index.md))
- [About Myself](https://www.janpronk.nl/about-myself.html) — biography and personal background ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/about-myself.md))
- [Curriculum Vitae](https://www.janpronk.nl/curriculum-vitae.html) — full career overview ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/curriculum-vitae.md))
- [Speeches](https://www.janpronk.nl/speeches.html) — speeches in English and Dutch ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/speeches.md))
- [Columns](https://www.janpronk.nl/columns.html) — columns in English and Dutch ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/columns.md))
- [Essays](https://www.janpronk.nl/essays.html) — essays in English and Dutch ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/essays.md))
- [Interviews](https://www.janpronk.nl/interviews.html) — interviews with Jan Pronk ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/interviews.md))
- [Weblog](https://www.janpronk.nl/weblog.html) — personal weblog entries in English and Dutch ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/weblog.md))
- [Video/audio](https://www.janpronk.nl/video-audio.html) — video and audio fragments ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/video-audio.md))
- [Pictures](https://www.janpronk.nl/pictures.html) — photo albums ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/pictures.md))
- [Books](https://www.janpronk.nl/books.html) — books by Jan Pronk ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/books.md))
- [Publications](https://www.janpronk.nl/publications.html) — publications by Jan Pronk ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/publications.md))
- [Contact](https://www.janpronk.nl/contact.html) — contact form ([Markdown](https://www.janpronk.nl/contact.md))

## Facts

- Full name: Johannes Pieter (Jan) Pronk; born 16 March 1940 in Scheveningen (The Hague), the Netherlands
- Studied economics at the Netherlands School of Economics, Rotterdam; lecturer and research fellow with Prof. Jan Tinbergen
- Member of Parliament for the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) 1971-1973, 1978-1980 and 1986-1989
- Minister for Development Co-operation of the Netherlands 1973-1977 (Cabinet Den Uyl) and 1989-1998 (Cabinets Lubbers III and Kok I)
- Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Geneva, 1980-1986
- Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Housing 1998-2002 (Cabinet Kok II)
- Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Sudan and head of the UN Peace Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), 2004-2006
- Professor of the Theory and Practice of International Development at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague; presently Professor Emeritus
- Website languages: Dutch and English

## Contact

- Contact form: https://www.janpronk.nl/contact.html

Information last updated: 2 August 2026.