Laurens Jan Brinkhorst

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 Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Thom de Graaf
Succeeded by	Gerrit Zalm
Minister of Economic Affairs
	In office; 27 May 2003 – 3 July 2006
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Hans Hoogervorst
Succeeded by	Gerrit Zalm (Ad interim)
Minister of Agriculture, ; Nature and Fisheries
	In office; 9 June 1999 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Klaas de Vries (Ad interim)
Succeeded by	Cees Veerman
Member of the ; European Parliament
	In office; 19 July 1994 – 8 June 1999
Parliamentary group	European Liberal Democrat ; and Reform Party
Constituency	Netherlands
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 – 11 November 1982
Preceded by	Jan Terlouw
Succeeded by	Maarten Engwirda
Parliamentary leader in the ; House of Representatives
	In office; 11 September 1981 – 11 November 1982
Preceded by	Jan Terlouw
Succeeded by	Maarten Engwirda
Parliamentary group	Democrats 66
Member of the House ; of Representatives
	In office; 8 June 1977 – 11 November 1982
Parliamentary group	Democrats 66
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
	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; 18 March 1937 (age 88); Zwolle, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Democrats 66 (from 1966)
Spouse(s)	Jantien Heringa (m. 1960)
Children	2, including Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
Relatives	Prince Constantijn ; (son-in-law)
Residence	Leiden, Netherlands
Alma mater	Leiden University ; (LL.B., LL.M.) ; Columbia University ; (B.Soc.Sc, MSSc)
Occupation	Politician · 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

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

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

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