Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek

Jonkheer Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek (21 August 1874 – 29 March 1942) was a Dutch politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1918 until his resignation in 1927.

[1] A native of The Hague, his father was Abraham van Karnebeek (1836–1925), a conservative-liberal politician who also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, from 1885 to 1888.

A conservative liberal like his father, he served as mayor of The Hague (1911–1918) before becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs on 9 September 1918 in the first cabinet of Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck.

A staunch pro-German, he continued to serve as Foreign Minister in the first cabinet of Dr. Hendrik Colijn.

He eventually resigned when his concept treaty with Belgium was rejected by a parliamentary majority on 1 April 1927, but was appointed to the honorific title of Minister of State.