Maximilien Vegelin van Claerbergen

Jonkheer Mr. Maximilien Vegelin van Claerbergen (17 August 1927 – 11 April 2011) was a Dutch diplomat and founder of Biblionef International.

Van Claerbergen was born on 17 August 1927 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. On 8 December 1978, he was appointed Ambassador of the Netherlands to Suriname.[1] On 24 February 1980, one day before the 1980 Surinamese coup d'état, he boarded a plane to French Guiana.[2] On 5 October 1981, he was succeeded by Joop Hoekman.[3]

He died on 11 April 2011 in Zeist.[2]

Honours

Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (14 May 1991)

Sources

"Nieuwe Nederlandse Ambassadeur". Vrije Stem (in Dutch). 7 December 1978. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Harry van Bommel. "Suriname verliest deel geheime geschiedenis". SP.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Ambassadeur in Suriname". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 5 October 1981. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

Nederland's Adelsboek; 96 (2011), pp. 74–75.

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