Johan Remkes

Johan Remkes
Johan Remkes
	Remkes in 2010
King's Commissioner of ; Limburg
	Acting
	Assumed office ; 19 April 2021
Monarch	Willem-Alexander (2013–present)
Preceded by	Theo Bovens
Mayor of The Hague
	Acting
	In office; 11 October 2019 – 1 July 2020
Preceded by	Boudewijn Revis (ad interim)
Succeeded by	Jan van Zanen
King's Commissioner of ; North Holland
	In office; 1 July 2010 – 1 January 2019
Monarch	Beatrix (2010–2013) ; Willem-Alexander (2013–present)
Preceded by	Elisabeth Post (Acting)
Succeeded by
Minister of the Interior ; and Kingdom Relations
	In office; 22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Klaas de Vries
Succeeded by	Guusje ter Horst
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
	In office; 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 Serving with Eduard Bomhoff (2002) ; Roelf de Boer (2002–2003)
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Annemarie Jorritsma ; Els Borst
Succeeded by	Gerrit Zalm ; Thom de Graaf
State Secretary for Housing, Spatial ; Planning and the Environment
	In office; 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Dick Tommel
Succeeded by	Pieter van Geel
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 30 November 2006 – 17 June 2010
	In office; 30 January 2003 – 27 May 2003
	In office; 23 May 2002 – 22 July 2002
	In office; 26 October 1993 – 3 August 1998
Personal details
Born	Johannes Wijnandus Remkes; 15 June 1951 (age 70); Zuidbroek, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy ; (from 1973)
Spouse(s)	Nicolette Pinkster (m. 1984)
Residence	Haarlem
Alma mater	University of Groningen ; (BEc)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

Johannes Wijnandus "Johan" Remkes (born 15 June 1951) is a Dutch politician and nonprofit director who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2003 under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).^[1]

Remkes studied Economics at the University of Groningen obtaining a Bachelor of Economics degree. Remkes served as chairman of the political youth organisation JOVD from July 1975 until November 1977. Remkes worked as member of the Provincial-Executive of Groningen from May 1982 until October 1993. Remkes became a member of the House of Representatives on 26 October 1993 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Housing. After the election of 1998 Remkes was appointed as State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment under the Second Kok cabinet taking office on 3 August 1998. After the election of 2002 Remkes was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the First Balkenende cabinet, which took office on 22 July 2002 but fell just 87 days into its term. After the election of 2003 Remkes continued as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Second Balkenende cabinet. The cabinet fell on 30 June 2006 and was replaced with the caretaker Third Balkenende cabinet with Remkes retaining his position. After the election of 2006 Remkes returned to the House of Representatives on 30 November 2006 and served as a frontbencher and spokesperson for the Interior. In March 2010, Remkes announced that he would not stand for the election of 2010 and declined to serve in new cabinet.

Remkes continued to be active in politics and in June 2010 was nominated as the next King's Commissioner of North Holland serving from 1 July 2010 until 1 January 2019. Remkes also became active in the public sector as non-profit director and serves on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government. In September 2019, Remkes was appointed as Acting Mayor of The Hague serving from 11 October 2019 until 1 July 2020.^[2]

Since 19 April 2021 Remkes has been acting governor of Limburg.^[3]

Early career[]

Remkes van born in Zuidbroek, Groningen. Remkes applied at the University of Groningen in June 1970 majoring in Economics and obtaining a Bachelor of Economics degree in June 1972. Remkes served on the Municipal Council of Groningen from April 1978 until May 1982 and served on the Provincial-Council of Groningen from May 1978 until October 1993 and as a member of the Provincial-Executive of Groningen from May 1982 until October 1993 and served again on the Municipal Council of Groningen from May 1994 until July 1996.

House of Representatives[]

Remkes became a Member of the House of Representatives after the resignation of Nell Ginjaar-Maas taking office on 26 October 1993 and served as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Housing and deputy spokesperson for the Interior, Economic Affairs, Tax and Customs and Media.

Cabinets[]

After the election of 1998 Remkes was appointed as State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Cabinet Kok II taking office on 3 August 1998. The Cabinet Kok II resigned on 16 April 2002 following the conclusions of the NIOD report into the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian War and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. After the election of 2002 Remkes returned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 23 May 2002. Following the cabinet formation of 2002 Remkes was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Balkenende I taking office on 22 July 2002.

The Cabinet Balkenende I fell just 87 days into its term following a major leadership crisis in the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) party and resigned on 16 October 2002 and the cabinet continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. election of 2003 Remkes again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 30 January 2003. Following the cabinet formation of 2003 Remkes continued as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations but the position of Deputy Prime Minister was taken over by Minister of Finance Gerrit Zalm in the Cabinet Balkenende II taking office on 27 May 2003.

On 29 June 2006 the Democrats 66 retracted their support for the cabinet Balkenende II after criticizing the way Minister for Integration and Immigration Rita Verdonk (VVD) had handled the crisis around the naturalization of her party fellow elected to the House of Representatives Ayaan Hirsi Ali. On 7 July 2006 a rump cabinet Third Balkenende cabinet. He returned as a member of the House of Representatives after the inauguration of the Fourth Balkenende cabinet, serving from 30 November 2006 to 17 June 2010.

King's Commissioner North Holland[]

Remkes remained in active politics, in June 2010 he was nominated as the next Kings's Commissioner of North Holland serving from 1 July 2010 until 1 January 2019. He also served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Parliamentary Reform Commission, Council for Public Administration, Advisory Council for Spatial Planning and the Van Thijn Commission). After his retirement Remkes occupies numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director for supervisory boards in the business and industry world and several international non-governmental organizations and research institutes. In 2018, he made known he would step down from the position in January 2019 to definitely retire from politics. He has been succeeded by former Haarlemmermeer alderman and also VVD politician .

Decorations[]

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II	Belgium	15 May 2004
	Commander of the Legion of Honour	France	10 June 2005
	Grand Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown	Luxembourg	18 September 2006
	Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	11 April 2007
	Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	18 December 2018

References[]

^ (in Dutch) Noord-Holland eindhalte voor Johan Remkes, De Telegraaf, 12 April 2010.
^ "Remkes voor een jaar naar Den Haag, raad doet aangifte van uitlekken gesprek" (in Dutch). NOS. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ Benoeming waarnemend commissaris van de Koning in Limburg, Provincie Limburg, 16 April 2021

External links[]

Official

(in Dutch) J.W. (Johan) Remkes, Parlement.com

Political offices
Preceded by Dick Tommel	State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment 1998–2002	Succeeded by Pieter van Geel
Preceded by Annemarie Jorritsma	Deputy Prime Minister 2002–2003 Served alongside: Eduard Bomhoff (2002) Roelf de Boer (2002–2003)	Succeeded by Gerrit Zalm
Preceded by Els Borst		Succeeded by Thom de Graaf
Preceded by Klaas de Vries	Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations 2002–2007	Succeeded by Guusje ter Horst
Preceded by Elisabeth Post Acting	King's Commissioner of North Holland 2010–2019	Succeeded by
Preceded by Boudewijn Revis Ad Interim	Mayor of The Hague Acting 2019–2020	Succeeded by Jan van Zanen
Preceded by Theo Bovens	King's Commissioner of Limburg Acting 2021–present	Succeeded by ....
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Ed Nijpels	Chairman of the Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy 1975–1977	Succeeded by Gijs de Vries

[1] (in Dutch) Noord-Holland eindhalte voor Johan Remkes, De Telegraaf, 12 April 2010.

[2] "Remkes voor een jaar naar Den Haag, raad doet aangifte van uitlekken gesprek" (in Dutch). NOS. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

[3] Benoeming waarnemend commissaris van de Koning in Limburg, Provincie Limburg, 16 April 2021

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show v t Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands (2006–2010)
House of Representatives, 30 November 2006 – 16 June 2010
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA – 41)	Van Geel Atsma <Balkenende> Biskop Blanksma-Van den Heuvel Van Bochove <Van de Camp> Çörüz <Donner> Eski Ferrier <Van Gennip> Van Haersma Buma Haverkamp <> <> Van Hijum <Van der Hoeven> <Van der Knaap> Knops Koopmans Koppejan <> Omtzigt Ormel De Pater-Van der Meer De Rouwe Schreijer-Pierik Smilde Spies Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> <Wijn>
Labour Party (PvdA – 33)	Hamer Albayrak Arib <Bos> Bouwmeester <Bussemaker> <Crone> Van Dam <> <Dijksma> Dijsselbloem Eijsink Heijnen Jacobi <Koenders> Kuiken <> Leerdam Samsom Smeets Spekman Tang <Tichelaar> <Timmermans> Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Vos Wolbert <> <Yücel>
Socialist Party (SP – 25)	Kant <> Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Van Gijlswijk> Irrgang Jansen Karabulut Van Leeuwen Leijten Marijnissen Poppe Van Raak Roemer <> Smits Ulenbelt Van Velzen de Wit
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD – 21)	Rutte Aptroot <Van Baalen> Van Beek Blok <Boekestijn> Ten Broeke Van der Burg Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink <Elias> Griffith Harbers Kamp De Krom Van Miltenburg Neppérus Nicolaï Remkes Schippers Snijder-Hazelhoff Teeven Weekers Zijlstra
Party for Freedom (PVV – 9)	Wilders Agema Bosma Brinkman Van Dijck Fritsma Graus <Madlener> De Mos De Roon
GroenLinks (GL – 7)	Halsema Azough Dibi <Diks> <Duyvendak> Van Gent Peters Sap Vendrik
Christian Union (CU – 6)	Slob Anker Cramer <Huizinga> Ortega <Rouvoet> Voordewind Wiegman
Democrats 66 (D66 – 3)	Pechtold Van der Ham Kaya
Party for the Animals (PvdD – 2)	Thieme Ouwehand
Reformed Political Party (SGP – 2)	Van der Vlies Van der Staaij
Independent (Lid-Verdonk – 1)	Verdonk
Bold signifies the parliamentary leader (first mentioned) and the Speaker Angle brackets signify a replacement member or a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012

show v t Third Balkenende cabinet (2006–2007)
Preceded by: Second Balkenende cabinet Succeeded by: Fourth Balkenende cabinet
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Gerrit Zalm (Finance)
Ministers	Johan Remkes (Interior) Ben Bot (Foreign Affairs) Piet Hein Donner (Justice) (2006) Rita Verdonk (Justice) (ad interim) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) (from 2006) Joop Wijn (Economic Affairs) 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) (2006) Pieter Winsemius (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (from 2006)
Ministers without portfolio	Rita Verdonk (Integration and Immigration) Atzo Nicolaï (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) Agnes van Ardenne (Development Cooperation)
State secretaries	Karien van Gennip (Economic Affairs) Cees van der Knaap (Defence) Clémence Ross-van Dorp (Health, Welfare and Sport) Bruno Bruins (Education, Culture and Science) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Henk van Hoof (Social Affairs and Employment) Pieter van Geel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

show v t 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) Gerrit Zalm (Economic Affairs) (ad interim) 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)
Ministers 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)

show v t First Balkenende cabinet (2002–2003)
Preceded by: Second Kok cabinet Succeeded by: Second Balkenende cabinet
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Eduard Bomhoff (Health, Welfare and Sport) (2002) Johan Remkes (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Roelf de Boer (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (from 2002)
Ministers	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (Foreign Affairs) Hans Hoogervorst (Finance) Piet Hein Donner (Justice) Herman Heinsbroek (Economic Affairs) (2002) Hans Hoogervorst (Economic Affairs) (from 2002) Benk Korthals (Defence) (2002) Henk Kamp (Defence) (from 2002) Maria van der Hoeven (Education, Culture and Science) Aart Jan de Geus (Health, Welfare and Sport) (from 2002) Cees Veerman (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Aart Jan de Geus (Social Affairs and Employment) Henk Kamp (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Hilbrand Nawijn (Integration and Immigration)
State secretaries	Rob Hessing (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Atzo Nicolaï (Foreign Affairs) Agnes van Ardenne (Foreign Affairs) Steven van Eijck (Finance) Joop Wijn (Economic Affairs) Cees van der Knaap (Defence) Cees van Leeuwen (Education, Culture and Science) Annette Nijs (Education, Culture and Science) Clémence Ross-van Dorp (Health, Welfare and Sport) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Jan Odink (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Mark Rutte (Social Affairs and Employment) Philomena Bijlhout (Social Affairs and Employment) (22 July 2002) Khee Liang Phoa (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2002) Pieter van Geel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

show v t 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) (Ad interim) Klaas de Vries (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (from 2000) Jozias van Aartsen (Foreign Affairs) Gerrit Zalm (Finance) Benk Korthals (Justice) Frank de Grave (Defence) Klaas de Vries (Social Affairs and Employment) (1998–2000) Willem Vermeend (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2000) Loek Hermans (Education, Culture and Science) Tineke Netelenbos (Transport and Water Management) Haijo Apotheker (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1998–1999) Klaas de Vries (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (from 1999) Jan Pronk (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Ministers without portfolio	Roger van Boxtel (Integration and Urban Planning) 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) (from 2000) Job Cohen (Justice) (1998–2001) Ella Kalsbeek (Justice) (from 2001) Gerrit Ybema (Economic Affairs) Henk van Hoof (Defence) Margo Vliegenthart (Health, Welfare and Sport) Hans Hoogervorst (Social Affairs and Employment) Annelies Verstand (Social Affairs and Employment) Karin Adelmund (Education, Culture and Science) Rick van der Ploeg (Education, Culture and Science) Monique de Vries (Transport and Water Management) Geke Faber (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) Johan Remkes (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Johan Remkes
Remkes in 2010

King's Commissioner of Limburg
Acting
Assumed office 19 April 2021
Monarch	Willem-Alexander (2013–present)
Preceded by	Theo Bovens
Mayor of The Hague
Acting
In office 11 October 2019 – 1 July 2020
Preceded by	Boudewijn Revis (ad interim)
Succeeded by	Jan van Zanen
King's Commissioner of North Holland
In office 1 July 2010 – 1 January 2019
Monarch	Beatrix (2010–2013) Willem-Alexander (2013–present)
Preceded by	Elisabeth Post (Acting)
Succeeded by
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
In office 22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Klaas de Vries
Succeeded by	Guusje ter Horst
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 Serving with Eduard Bomhoff (2002) Roelf de Boer (2002–2003)
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Annemarie Jorritsma Els Borst
Succeeded by	Gerrit Zalm Thom de Graaf
State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
In office 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Dick Tommel
Succeeded by	Pieter van Geel
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 30 November 2006 – 17 June 2010
In office 30 January 2003 – 27 May 2003
In office 23 May 2002 – 22 July 2002
In office 26 October 1993 – 3 August 1998

Personal details
Born	Johannes Wijnandus Remkes (1951-06-15) 15 June 1951 (age 70) Zuidbroek, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1973)
Spouse(s)	Nicolette Pinkster (m. 1984)
Residence	Haarlem
Alma mater	University of Groningen (BEc)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

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Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
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show v t Ministers of Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
Korthals Biesheuvel Bakker Nelissen Lardinois Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Van der Stee Den Uyl De Koning Lubbers Hirsch Ballin Lubbers Voorhoeve Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes De Graaf Pechtold Nicolaï Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk Ollongren Knops Ollongren

show v State Secretaries for Housing of the Netherlands
Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
Schaefer Van Dam Brokx Brokx Heerma Tommel Remkes Van Geel

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