Mirjam Blaak

Mirjam Blaak (born 1956) is the Netherlands-born Ugandan Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the EU. She is a member of the National Resistance Movement, the party led by Yoweri Museveni that has been in power since 1986.

Education & Career Blaak earned a Master of Laws degree at Utrecht University before working as a Protection Officer with UNHCR in Nairobi. When she became Deputy Ambassador to Brussels in 2003, she voluntarily relinquished her Dutch citizenship to become a Ugandan citizen.

Controversy Blaak has downplayed the use of safe houses for human rights violation in Uganda: "I know there are safe houses, but I don't know if people are tortured there. I think safe houses exist everywhere, not just in Uganda".

When Muhammad Ssegirinya was admitted to the Alexandra Medical Center for treatment of his torture wounds, she told a journalist "What he is being treated for does not indicate torture".

During the Uganda Day celebration on 30 August 2025 her Embassy Officer in Charge of Diaspora Affairs Titus Seruga allegedly attacked an opposition activist called Nico Schoonderwoerd. Seruga allegedly prevented police arrest by claiming Diplomatic Immunity. Blaak announced she is investigating the incident.