Laurens Jan Brinkhorst

His Excellency Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst in 1980

Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006 Serving with Gerrit Zalm
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Thom de Graaf
Succeeded by	Gerrit Zalm
Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands
In office 27 May 2003 – 3 July 2006
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Hans Hoogervorst
Succeeded by	Gerrit Zalm
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries of the Netherlands
In office 7 June 1999 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Haijo Apotheker
Succeeded by	Cees Veerman
Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands
In office 19 July 1994 – 8 June 1999
Ambassador of the European Union to Japan
In office 1 December 1982 – 1 January 1987
Preceded by	Leslie Fielding
Succeeded by	Dries van Agt
Leader of the Democrats 66
In office 8 September 1982 – 10 November 1982
Preceded by	Jan Terlouw
Succeeded by	Maarten Engwirda
Parliamentary leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 11 September 1981 – 10 November 1982
Preceded by	Jan Terlouw
Succeeded by	Maarten Engwirda
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 8 June 1977 – 10 November 1982
Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
In office 11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977 Serving with Pieter Kooijmans
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl
Preceded by	Tjerk Westerterp
Succeeded by	Durk van der Mei
Personal details
Born	Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (1937-03-18) 18 March 1937 Zwolle, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Democrats 66 (from 1966)
Spouse(s)	Jantien Heringa (m. 1960)
Children	Marius Brinkhorst (born 1964) Princess Laurentien (born 1966)
Residence	Leiden, Netherlands
Alma mater	Leiden University (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) Columbia University (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
Occupation	Politician Diplomat Jurist Researcher Nonprofit director Author Professor

Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 18 March 1937) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Democrats 66 (D66) party.

Personal life

Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst was born in the city of Zwolle. After getting his high school diploma (gymnasium-B-diploma in Dutch) he studied law at the University of Leiden (Rijksuniversiteit Leiden in Dutch) (doctoral exam in 1959). He got his MA in Public Law and Government at Columbia University in New York City. Afterwards he worked at Shearman & Sterling in New York City. He married Jantien Heringa (born 2 February 1935 in Voorburg), daughter of Ewardus Heringa (Den Haag, 14 November 1904 - Den Haag, 30 November 1988) and wife (m. Utrecht, 4 August 1930) Petronela Johanna Roskam (Utrecht, 20 August 1905 - Den Haag, 19 December 1991). They are the parents of Marius Brinkhorst (born 9 February 1964) and the Dutch princess Laurentien Brinkhorst, who married Prince Constantijn in 2001.^[1]

Career in politics and academia

From 1962, and from 1965 as a director, he worked at the Europe-institute at the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden where he became a Reader (Lector) in 1965 as well. During the period 1967-1973 he was Professor of European Law at the University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in Dutch). On 11 May 1973, he became Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Den Uyl.

In 1977 he was again a member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch parliament for D66 and in 1981 became the leader of his party in parliament. From 1983-1987 he was Ambassador of the European Community in Japan. In 1987 he became a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[2] In 1994 Brinkhorst became a member of the European Parliament, serving there until 1999.

Brinkhorst was also a member of the Provinciale Staten (the provincial parliament) of the province of Groningen for D66, a member of the board of advice of the World Resources Institute in Washington DC, a member of the board of governors of the Nederlands Economisch Instituut (Dutch Economical Institute), a professor by special appointment of international environmental law at the University of Leiden, a member of the Board of Directors of the Salzburg Seminar, a member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Sustainable Development, and a professor (on a temporary basis) of international environmental law at the University of Lausanne.

On 8 June 1999 he became the minister of agriculture, environmental control and fishery in the cabinet Kok-II. Afterwards (2002) he became an Adviser of European Affairs at NautaDulith in Brussels and was awarded a professorship in transnational and European Governance at the University of Tilburg. After the electoral defeat of D66 he became a minister of economic affairs in the second Balkenende cabinet. Brinkhorst, as well as Alexander Pechtold, resigned from his minister post after the second Balkenende cabinet lost the confidence of parliament on 29 June 2006. The next day, Balkenende offered the resignation of the full cabinet to the Dutch Queen.

Since 1 November 2006, Brinkhorst is a full professor at the Leiden University. Brinkhorst is also a member of the Bilderberg Group.In addition, he is the vice-chairman of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation. Also, he is on the advisory board of OMFIF where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.

References

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↑ "Laurans Jan Brinkhorst". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

External links

Official

(Dutch) Mr. L.J. (Laurens Jan) Brinkhorst Parlement & Politiek

Party political offices
Preceded by Jan Terlouw	Parliamentary leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands 1981–1982	Succeeded by Maarten Engwirda
Preceded by Jan Terlouw	Leader of the Democrats 66 1982	Succeeded by Maarten Engwirda
Government offices
Preceded by Tjerk Westerterp	Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands 1973–1977 Served alongside: Pieter Kooijmans	Succeeded by Durk van der Mei
Preceded by Haijo Apotheker	Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries of the Netherlands 1999–2002	Succeeded by Cees Veerman
Preceded by Hans Hoogervorst	Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands 2003–2006	Succeeded by Gerrit Zalm
Political offices
Preceded by Thom de Graaf	Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 2005–2006 Served alongside: Gerrit Zalm	Succeeded by Gerrit Zalm
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Leslie Fielding	Ambassador of the European Union to Japan 1982–1987	Succeeded by Dries van Agt

Deputy Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

Drees Van Schaik Teulings Beel Struycken Korthals Biesheuvel Vondeling De Quay Witteveen Bakker Nelissen Geertsema Van Agt De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Den Uyl Terlouw Van Aardenne De Korte Kok Dijkstal Van Mierlo Jorritsma Borst Bomhoff Remkes De Boer Zalm De Graaf Brinkhorst Bos Rouvoet Verhagen Asscher

Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands

Ministry of Economic Affairs

Tak van Poortvliet Klerck Van den Bergh Tromp Bastert Havelaar Lely Van der Sleijden De Marez Oyens Kraus Veegens Talma Treub Posthuma Van IJsselsteyn Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Aalberse Koolen Slotemaker de Bruïne Verschuur Colijn Steenberghe Gelissen Steenberghe Colijn Steenberghe Van den Tempel Kerstens Van den Broek Gispen Vos Huysmans Mansholt Van den Brink Zijlstra De Pous Andriessen Den Uyl Bakker De Block De Jong Nelissen Langman Lubbers Van Aardenne Terlouw Van Aardenne De Korte Andriessen Wijers Jorritsma Heinsbroek Hoogervorst Brinkhorst Zalm Wijn Van der Hoeven Verhagen Kamp

Ministers of Agriculture of the Netherlands

Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

Mansholt Staf Vondeling Staf Marijnen Biesheuvel Lardinois Boersma Brouwer Van der Stee Braks De Koning Braks De Vries Bukman Van Aartsen Apotheker Brinkhorst Veerman Verburg Verhagen

Second Balkenende cabinet (2003–2006)

^{Preceded by: First Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: Third Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Ministers	Gerrit Zalm Finance Thom de Graaf Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) (2003–2005 Laurens Jan Brinkhorst Economic Affairs) (2005–2006

Ministers	Johan Remkes Interior Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Foreign Affairs) (2003 Ben Bot Foreign Affairs) (from 2003 Piet Hein Donner Justice Henk Kamp Defence Hans Hoogervorst Health, Welfare and Sport Maria van der Hoeven Education, Culture and Science Karla Peijs Transport, Public Works and Water Management Cees Veerman Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Aart Jan de Geus Social Affairs and Employment Sybilla Dekker Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Rita Verdonk Integration and Immigration Agnes van Ardenne Development Cooperation Alexander Pechtold Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) (2005–2006

State Secretaries	Atzo Nicolaï Foreign Affairs Joop Wijn Finance Karien van Gennip Economic Affairs Cees van der Knaap Defence Annette Nijs Education, Culture and Science) (2003–2004 Medy van der Laan Education, Culture and Science Mark Rutte Education, Culture and Science) (2004–2006 Bruno Bruins Education, Culture and Science) (from 2006 Clémence Ross-van Dorp Health, Welfare and Sport Melanie Schultz van Haegen Transport, Public Works and Water Management Mark Rutte Social Affairs and Employment) (2003–2004 Henk van Hoof Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2004 Pieter van Geel Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Second Kok cabinet (1998–2002)

^{Preceded by: First Kok cabinet · Succeeded by: First Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Wim Kok (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Ministers	Annemarie Jorritsma (Economic Affairs) Els Borst (Health, Welfare and Sport)

Ministers	Bram Peper (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (1998–2000) Roger van Boxtel (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (acting) Klaas de Vries (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2000–2002) Jozias van Aartsen (Foreign Affairs) Gerrit Zalm (Finance) Benk Korthals (Justice) Frank de Grave (Defence) Loek Hermans (Education, Culture and Science) Tineke Netelenbos (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Haijo Apotheker (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1998–1999) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1999–2002) Klaas de Vries (Social Affairs and Employment) (1998–2000) Willem Vermeend (Social Affairs and Employment) (2000–2002) Jan Pronk (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Minister without portfolio	Roger van Boxtel (Large Cities and Integration) Eveline Herfkens (Development Cooperation)

State Secretaries	Gijs de Vries (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Dick Benschop (Foreign Affairs) Willem Vermeend (Finance) (1998–2000) Wouter Bos (Finance) (2000–2002) Job Cohen (Justice) (1998–2000) Ella Kalsbeek (Justice) (2001) Gerrit Ybema (Economic Affairs) Henk van Hoof (Defence) Margo Vliegenthart (Health, Welfare and Sport) Karin Adelmund (Education, Culture and Science) Rick van der Ploeg (Education, Culture and Science) Monique de Vries (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Geke Faber (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Hans Hoogervorst (Social Affairs and Employment) Annelies Verstand (Social Affairs and Employment) Johan Remkes (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Den Uyl cabinet (1973–1977)

^{Preceded: Second Biesheuvel cabinet · Succeed: First Van Agt cabinet}

Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl General Affairs

Deputy Prime Ministers	Dries van Agt Justice) (1973–1977 Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman Justice) (from 1977

Ministers	Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman Interior and Surinamese and Netherlands Antilles Affairs Max van der Stoel Foreign Affairs Wim Duisenberg Finance Ruud Lubbers Economic Affairs Henk Vredeling Defence) (1973–1977 Bram Stemerdink Defence) (from 1977 Irene Vorrink Health, Environment and Hygiene Jos van Kemenade Education and Science Tjerk Westerterp Transport, Public Works and Water Management Tiemen Brouwer Agriculture and Fisheries) (1973 Fons van der Stee Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1973 Jaap Boersma Social Affairs Hans Gruijters Housing and Spatial Planning Harry van Doorn Culture, Recreation and Social work

Ministers without portfolio	Jan Pronk Development Cooperation Boy Trip Science Policy

Undersecretaries	Wim Polak Interior) (1973–1977 Laurens Jan Brinkhorst Foreign Affairs) (1973–1977 Pieter Kooijmans Foreign Affairs Fons van der Stee Finance) (1973 Martin van Rooijen Finance) (1973–1977 Aar de Goede Finance Jan Glastra van Loon Justice) (1973–1975 Henk Zeevalking Justice) (1975–1977 Ted Hazekamp Economic Affairs Bram Stemerdink Defence) (1973–1977 Joep Mommersteeg Defence) (1973–1974 Cees van Lent Defence) (from 1974 Jo Hendriks Health, Environment and Hygiene Ger Klein Education and Science) (1973–1977 Antoon Veerman Education and Science) (1973–1975 Klaas de Jong Ozn. Education and Science) (from 1975 Michel van Hulten Transport, Public Works and Water Management Jan Mertens Social Affairs Marcel van Dam Housing and Spatial Planning) (1973–1977 Jan Schaefer Housing and Spatial Planning) (1973–1977 Wim Meijer Culture, Recreation and Social work) (1973–1977

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 46844860 ISNI: 0000 0001 1026 143X SUDOC: 033051070 BNF: cb12395676x (data)

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