Dirk Bierten

Dirk Bierten (born 31 August 1969) is a Brunanter diplomat, who has been ambassador to Kemburg since 2015.

Biography
Bierten was born in Brunantstad. He studied English and German at the Royal University of Koningstad and began working at the Department of External Affairs in 1993. In 1994, he unsuccessfully ran for the Brunantstad city council on the FLP party list.

In 1996-1998, Bierten was an adviser to External Affairs minister Herman Nijman. In 2000, he began a long career as ambassador, serving in the Netherlands (2000-2003), Germany (2003-2009), Ireland (2009-2014) and Kemburg (2014–). In 2014, he was nominated as Governor of Berrio, Brunant's only Overseas Territory, but because of a broken hip due to a horse riding accident, the post was given to Andrew Robinson.

Personal life
Bierten is married to Cora Willemont (1976), a daughter of former Prime Minister Edward Willemont. They have two children: Zoete (2006) and Mats (2008).