Conferment ceremony of “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” for the Honourable Mr. Jan van Zanen, Mayor of Utrecht
27 May, 2016
On May 27th 2016, the Conferment Ceremony of “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” upon the Honourable Mr. Jan Hendrikus Cornelis van Zanen, Mayor of Utrecht, Chairman of the Association of Dutch Municipalities, Former Mayor of Amstelveen, was held at the Residence of Japanese Ambassador.
At the ceremony, Ambassador Inomata delivered a congratulatory speech and conferred the decoration upon Mr. van Zanen after presenting the Patent of Decoration.
Close friends of Mr. van Zanen, and people/representatives from the Japanese-Dutch cultural and economic fields attended to celebrate this special occasion.
29 April, 2016
On April 29 2016, the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2016 Spring Conferment of Decorations.
Among them, the Honourable Mr. Jan Hendrikus Cornelis van Zanen, Mayor of Utrecht, Chairman of the Association of Dutch Municipalities, Former Mayor of Amstelveen, received ‘The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon’, in recognition of his significant contribution to strengthening economic relations and promoting mutual understanding between Japan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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