Laurens Jan Brinkhorst

Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
Brinkhorst in 1981
Deputy Prime Minister
In office
31 March 2005 – 3 July 2006
Serving with Gerrit Zalm
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byThom de Graaf
Succeeded byGerrit Zalm
Minister of Economic Affairs
In office
27 May 2003 – 3 July 2006
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byHans Hoogervorst
Succeeded byGerrit Zalm (Ad interim)
Minister of Agriculture,
Nature and Fisheries
In office
9 June 1999 – 22 July 2002
Prime MinisterWim Kok
Preceded byKlaas de Vries (Ad interim)
Succeeded byCees Veerman
Member of the
European Parliament
In office
19 July 1994 – 8 June 1999
Parliamentary groupEuropean Liberal Democrat
and Reform Party
ConstituencyNetherlands
Ambassador of the
European Union to Japan
In office
1 December 1982 – 1 January 1987
Preceded byLeslie Fielding
Succeeded byDries van Agt
Leader of the Democrats 66
In office
8 September 1982 – 11 November 1982
Preceded byJan Terlouw
Succeeded byMaarten Engwirda
Parliamentary leader in the
House of Representatives
In office
11 September 1981 – 11 November 1982
Preceded byJan Terlouw
Succeeded byMaarten Engwirda
Parliamentary groupDemocrats 66
Member of the House
of Representatives
In office
8 June 1977 – 11 November 1982
Parliamentary groupDemocrats 66
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
In office
11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977
Serving with Pieter Kooijmans
Prime MinisterJoop den Uyl
Preceded byTjerk Westerterp
Succeeded byDurk van der Mei
Personal details
Born
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst

(1937-03-18) 18 March 1937
Zwolle, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Political partyDemocrats 66 (from 1966)
Spouse(s)
Jantien Heringa
​
(m. 1960)​
Children2, including Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
RelativesPrince Constantijn
(son-in-law)
ResidenceLeiden, Netherlands
Alma materLeiden University
(LL.B., LL.M.)
Columbia University
(B.Soc.Sc, MSSc)
OccupationPolitician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Jurist · Lawyer · Researcher · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist · Activist · Author · Professor

Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 18 March 1937) is a retired Dutch Democrats 66 (D66) politician. He was the Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands during the government of Jan Peter Balkenende.

He is a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network (ELN).[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Network". www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
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