Medy van der Laan

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Van der Laan in 2015

Medy Catharina van der Laan (born 14 August 1968) is a retired Dutch politician who served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in charge of Culture and Media in the Second Balkenende cabinet (2003–2006). She previously was an assistant to State Secretary Jacob Kohnstamm at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

She was born in Spijkenisse and has been a member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party since 1994.

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(in Dutch) Parlement.com biography

Preceded by Annette Nijs Cees van Leeuwen	State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science 2003–2006 Served alongside: Annette Nijs (2003–2004) Mark Rutte (2004–2006) Bruno Bruins (2006)	Succeeded by Marja van Bijsterveldt Sharon Dijksma

v State Secretaries for Education of the Netherlands
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Cals De Waal Scholten Grosheide Van de Laar Hermes Deetman Ginjaar-Maas Van Leijenhorst Wallage 't Veld Cohen Netelenbos Nuis Adelmund Van der Ploeg Nijs Van Leeuwen Van der Laan Rutte Bruins Van Bijsterveldt Dijksma Zijlstra Dekker

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)

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