Mariko Peters

Committees

• Defence
• Education, Culture and Science
• European Affairs
• Foreign Affairs
• Justice
• Netherlands Antilles and Aruban Affairs
• Transport, Public Works and Water Management
• Interior and Kingdom Relations

Education

• Japanese Language and Culture, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, (1990-1991)
• Research Fellowship in Law and Japanese literature, University of Kyoto, Japan (1991-1992)
• Law, Leiden University (1987-1990, 1992-1995)
• Columbia University School of Law, New York (1995-1996)
• Post-'doctoral' course in European competion law, Grotius Academie (1999-2000)
• EU study prgramme, Clingendael (July 2001)
• Course for junior policy officers, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (May-July 2003)

Career

• Research assistant, Lwa Faculty of the University of Tsukuba, Japan (Summer 1992)
• Student assistant, Faculty of Law, Leiden University (1993, 1994)
• Research assistant, Lwa and Policy, Leiden University (1993-1994)
• Lawyer, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. (1996-2000)
• Senior Media Law Associate, OSCE Bosnia-Herzegovina Mission (2000-2001)
• Policy officer (various directoraties), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2001, 2002-2004)
• Political Secretary and Acting Chef de Post, Netherlands Embassy in Kabul (2004-2006)
• Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Kabul (Aug-Nov. 2006)
• Member of the Dutch House of Representatives since 30 November 2006