Ed van Thijn

Ed van Thijn
Ed van Thijn in 2010

Member of the Senate
In office 8 June 1999 – 12 June 2007
Minister of the Interior
In office 18 January 1994 – 27 May 1994
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Succeeded by	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta
Mayor of Amsterdam
In office 16 June 1983 – 18 January 1994
Preceded by	Wim Polak
Succeeded by	Schelto Patijn
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 16 September 1982 – 16 June 1983
Minister of the Interior
In office 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Hans Wiegel
Succeeded by	Max Rood
Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives
In office 15 May 1973 – 16 January 1978
Preceded by	Joop den Uyl
Succeeded by	Joop den Uyl
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 23 February 1967 – 11 September 1981
Personal details
Born	Eduard van Thijn (1934-08-16) 16 August 1934 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	First wife (m. 1964; div. 1972) Eveline Herfkens (m. 1983; div. 1990) Odette Taminiau (m. 1992)
Domestic partner	Hedy d'Ancona (1973–1979)
Children	Carla van Thijn (born 1965) Marion van Thijn (born 1968)
Residence	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Amsterdam (Master of Science)
Occupation	Politician, author, professor
Religion	Progressive Judaism

Eduard "Ed" van Thijn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːdyɑrt ˈɛt fɑn ˈtɛi̯n];^[1] born 16 August 1934) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Early life

Eduard van Thijn was born on 16 August 1934 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Career

He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 23 February 1967 until 11 September 1981. When Joop den Uyl became Prime Minister, Van Thijn became the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, serving from 15 May 1973 until 16 January 1978. He became Minister of the Interior serving from 11 September 1981 until 29 May 1982 in the Cabinet Van Agt II and again a Member of the House of Representatives from 16 September 1982 until 16 June 1983. He became Mayor of Amsterdam, serving as Mayor from 16 June 1983 until resignation on 18 January 1994 to become again Minister of the Interior serving from 18 January 1994 until 27 May 1994, when he resigned following the IRT-affair. He later served as a Member of the Senate from 8 June 1999 until 12 June 2007.^[2]

Personal life

Although not raised religiously observant, in recent years he orients himself with Progressive Judaism.

Decorations

Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (3 April 1979)
Commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau (9 September 1982)
Grand Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau (8 October 1994)

Bibliography

Brouwer, Jan Willem; van Merriënboer, Johan (2001). Van buitengaats naar Binnenhof: P.J.S. de Jong, een biografie. Netherlands: Sdu Uitgevers. ISBN 9789012087742.

References

↑ van in isolation: [vɑn].
↑ (Dutch) Archief Ed van Thijn

External links

Media related to Ed van Thijn at Wikimedia Commons
(Dutch) Drs. E. (Ed) van Thijn Parlement & Politiek
(Dutch) Drs. E. van Thijn (PvdA) Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Party political offices
Preceded by Joop den Uyl	Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives 1973–1978	Succeeded by Joop den Uyl
Government offices
Preceded by Hans Wiegel	Minister of the Interior 1981–1982	Succeeded by Max Rood
Preceded by Ernst Hirsch Ballin	Minister of the Interior 1994	Succeeded by Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta
Political offices
Preceded by Wim Polak	Mayor of Amsterdam 1982–1994	Succeeded by Schelto Patijn

Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Luzac De Kempenaer Thorbecke Van Reenen Simons Van Rappard Van Tets van Goudriaan Van Heemstra Thorbecke Geertsema Carelszoon J. Heemskerk Fock Thorbecke Van Bosse Geertsema Carelszoon J. Heemskerk Kappeyne van de Coppello Six Pijnacker Hordijk J. Heemskerk Mackay De Savornin Lohman Tak van Poortvliet Van Houten Goeman Borgesius Kuyper Rink T. Heemskerk Cort van der Linden De Beerenbrouck De Geer Kan De Beerenbrouck De Wilde Boeijen Burger Van Boeijen Beel Witteman Van Maarseveen Van Schaik Teulings Van Maarseveen Teulings Beel Van Oven Suurhoff Struycken Toxopeus Smallenbroek Samkalden Verdam Beernink Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Wiegel Van Thijn Rood Rietkerk Korthals Altes De Korte Van Dijk De Koning Van Dijk Dales Hirsch Ballin Van Thijn De Graaff-Nauta Dijkstal Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk

Second Van Agt cabinet (1981–1982)

Preceded by: Van Agt-Wiegel cabinet · Succeeded by: Third Van Agt cabinet

Prime Minister	Dries van Agt General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles Affairs Jan Terlouw Economic Affairs

Ministers	Ed van Thijn Interior Max van der Stoel Foreign Affairs Fons van der Stee Finance Job de Ruiter Justice Hans van Mierlo Defence Til Gardeniers-Berendsen Health and Hygiene Jos van Kemenade Education and Science Henk Zeevalking Transport, Public Works and Water Management Jan de Koning Agriculture and Fisheries Marcel van Dam Housing and Spatial Planning André van der Louw Culture, Recreation and Social work

Minister without portfolio	Kees van Dijk Development Cooperation

Undersecretaries	Saskia Stuiveling Interior Gerard van Leijenhorst Interior Hans van den Broek Foreign Affairs Hans Kombrink Finance Michiel Scheltema Justice Wim Dik Economic Affairs Piet van Zeil Economic Affairs Bram Stemerdink Defence Jan van Houwelingen Defence Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard Health and Hygiene Wim Deetman Education and Science Ad Hermes Education and Science Jaap van der Doef Transport, Public Works and Water Management Hedy d'Ancona Social Affairs and Employment Ien Dales Social Affairs and Employment Siepie de Jong Housing and Spatial Planning Hans de Boer Culture, Recreation and Social work

Third Lubbers cabinet (1989–1994)

^{Preceded by: Second Lubbers cabinet · Succeeded by: First Kok cabinet}

Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Minister	Wim Kok (Finance)

Ministers	Ien Dales (Interior) (1989–1994) † Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Interior) (Acting) Ed van Thijn (Interior) (1994) Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) (1994) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) (1989–1993) Pieter Kooijmans (Foreign Affairs) (1993–1994) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (1989–1994) Aad Kosto (Justice) (1994) Koos Andriessen (Economic Affairs) Relus ter Beek (Defence) Hedy d'Ancona (Welfare, Health and Culture) (1989–1994) Jo Ritzen (Welfare, Health and Culture) (1994) Jo Ritzen (Education and Science) Hanja Maij-Weggen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (1989–1994) Koos Andriessen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (1994) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1989–1990) Bert de Vries (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (acting) Piet Bukman (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1990–1994) Bert de Vries (Social Affairs and Employment) Hans Alders (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Minister without portfolio	Jan Pronk (Development Cooperation)

State Secretaries	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) Piet Dankert (Foreign Affairs) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) Aad Kosto (Justice) Piet Bukman (Economic Affairs) (1989–1990) Yvonne van Rooy (Economic Affairs) (1990–1994) Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (Defence) (1989–1993) Ton Frinking (Defence) (1993–1994) Hans Simons (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jacques Wallage (Education and Science) (1989–1993) Roel in 't Veld (Education and Science) (1993) Job Cohen (Education and Science) (1993–1994) Dzsingisz Gabor (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) Elske ter Veld (Social Affairs and Employment) (1989–1993) Jacques Wallage (Social Affairs and Employment) (1993–1994) Enneüs Heerma (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 40185548 LCCN: n78021022 ISNI: 0000 0000 5649 5736 GND: 119310740 BNF: cb159444051 (data)

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