 jakob gijsbert "jaap" de hoop scheffer (; born april 3, 1948) is a retired dutch politician of the christian democratic appeal (cda). he served as the 11th secretary general of nato from january 5, 2004, until august 1, 2009.nato - biography jaap de hoop scheffer he previously served as a member of the house of representatives from june 3, 1986, until may 23, 2002, and became the parliamentary leader of the christian democratic appeal in the house of representatives of the netherlands and cda party leader on march 27, 1997 after enneÃ¼s heerma stepped down. he resigned his positions as parliamentary leader and cda party leader, after an internal power struggle, between him and then cda [
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