Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau is one of the most popular and richest Economist who was born on August 11, 1968 in Pijnacker, South Holland, Netherlands. Mabel Martine Los was her mother. She was born in Pijnacker (the Netherlands). Her parents were Hendrik Cornelis Los (27 April 1944 – 18 February 1978) as well as Florence Malde Gijsberdina Kooman (b. 1944) (the daughter and son of Anthonie Kooman (15 June 1915 – 8 November 1979), and his wife Antoinette Petronella Van Woerkom. Mabel was nine years old when her father died. Her mother married Peter Wisse Smit (15 Oct 1939 – 11 Nov 2000), an executive at Rabobank, and Mabel and her younger sister adopted their stepfather’s name. Mabel was the mother of Nicoline Los and later Nicoline Wisses Smit. 1970) and Eveline Wisses Smit (b. 1982). She was born in Het Gooi, central Netherlands.
Wisse Smit co-founded the European Action Council for Peace in the Balkans in 1995. This non-governmental organization aimed to promote peace, democracy, and stability in the Balkans. It had Margaret Thatcher and Simon Wiesenthal as its members.
During her university years, she showed special interest in human rights situations around the world, and later specialised in Balkan diplomacy and international relations. In 1995 she was present at the peace conference in Dayton, Ohio.
After announcing the engagement of Prince Friso with Mabel in June 2003, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende wrote in a letter to parliament that Mabel Wisse Smit had given “incomplete and incorrect information” about the duration and extent of her contacts with known drug lord, Klaas Bruinsma, and that because of this, the government had decided not to seek permission for the marriage from parliament. In a letter to the Prime Minister dated 9 October, Prince Friso stated that the couple had given some incomplete information, but had not given any incorrect information nor did they lie. The couple admitted that the sailing friendship with Bruinsma was indeed closer than had been mentioned, but denied a love or sexual relationship. This was later repeated by Wisse Smit in a number of interviews.
She graduated summa cum merite in 1993 from the University of Amsterdam having studied political science and economics. She also did internships at ABN AMRO, Shell and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during her studies. She speaks fluent Dutch, Spanish, and French.
