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Sander Oude Hengel is the defense cooperation attaché at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and chair at the Defense MoU Attachés Group (DMAG) based in Washington DC. The DMAG’s mission is to promote reciprocal defense equipment cooperation and defense trade between the U.S. and the 25 DMAG nations.
Sander has worked at the Netherlands Ministry of Defense (MoD) in different roles closely collaborating with international partners and allies. Prior to his position in Washington DC, he was a strategic advisor at MoD in the Netherlands advising the senior leadership on defense materiel and industrial policy issues. He started his career as a political analyst with the Afghanistan team and subsequently became team leader for the Afghanistan and Africa desks at MoD. During this period, he voluntarily deployed to Afghanistan as a military officer multiple times working closely with partners and allies in theatre. After focusing his efforts on Africa, he became head of the counter-proliferation desk at MoD for several years.
Sander holds bachelor's degrees in both maritime engineering and history and has a master’s degree in the history of international relations at the University of Amsterdam.
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