Bert de Vries

Bert de Vries
Bert de Vries
	De Vries in 1984
Chairman of the Christian ; Democratic Appeal
	In office; 10 October 2001 – 2 November 2002
Leader	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Marnix van Rij
Succeeded by	Marja van Bijsterveldt
Member of the Social ; and Economic Council
	In office; 15 July 1995 – 20 January 2001
Chairman	See list Theo Quené (1995–1996) ; Klaas de Vries (1996–1998) ; Herman Wijffels (1999–2001);
Jan de Koning
Succeeded by	Ad Melkert
Parliamentary leader in the ; House of Representatives
	In office; 14 July 1986 – 14 September 1989
Preceded by	Ruud Lubbers
Succeeded by	Ruud Lubbers
	In office; 4 November 1982 – 3 June 1986
Preceded by	Ruud Lubbers
Succeeded by	Ruud Lubbers
Parliamentary group	Christian Democratic Appeal
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 21 November 1978 – 7 November 1989
Parliamentary group	Christian Democratic Appeal ; (1980–1989) ; Anti-Revolutionary Party ; (1978–1980)
Personal details
Born	Berend de Vries; 29 March 1938 (age 86); Groningen, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal ; (1980–2010)
Other political; affiliations	Independent Christian Democrat ; (from 2010) ; Anti-Revolutionary Party ; (until 1980)
Spouse	Dieuwke van der Helm (m. 1969)
Residence(s)	civil servant economist; researcher; financial analyst; tax collector; corporate director; nonprofit director; trade association executive; lobbyist; activist; professor;

Berend "Bert" de Vries (born 29 March 1938) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and economist.

De Vries attended a

majoring in Economics and obtaining an Bachelor of Economics degree in June 1960 and worked as student researcher before graduating with a Master of Economics degree in July 1964. De Vries worked as a civil servant for the Province of Groningen as a tax collector for the Tax and Customs Administration from August 1959 until July 1964 and as a financial analyst for Philips in Eindhoven from July 1964 until January 1968. De Vries applied at the Free University Amsterdam in January 1968 for a postgraduate education in Financial economics and got a doctorate as an Doctor of Philosophy in Financial economics in July 1970. De Vries worked as a researcher at the Erasmus University Rotterdam from May 1968 until November 1978. De Vries served on the Anti-Revolutionary Party Executive Board

from March 1975 until November 1978.

De Vries became a

Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries from 18 September 1990 until 28 September 1990 following the resignation of Gerrit Braks. In December 1993 De Vries announced his retirement from national politics and that he wouldn't stand for the election of 1994. The Cabinet Lubbers III was replaced by the Cabinet Kok I following the cabinet formation of 1994

on 22 August 1994.

De Vries semi-retired from national politics and became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (Unilever, Energy Research Centre, Tinbergen Institute, NIBC Bank and Arcadis) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Public Pension Funds APB, National Insurance Bank, Council for Culture, Statistics Netherlands, Cadastre Agency, Social Employment Act Commission and the Social and Economic Council). De Vries also worked as a trade association executive for the Hospitals association serving as chairman of the executive board from June 1995 until August 2001 and as an advocate, lobbyist and activist for the Anti-war movement, Human rights and the Two-state solution for the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. De Vries also served as a distinguished professor of Financial economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam from 1 December 1994 until 1 December 1998. De Vries served as Chairman of the Christian Democratic Appeal from 10 October 2001 until 2 November 2002 following the resignation of Marnix van Rij.

De Vries is known for his abilities as a negotiator and manager. De Vries continued to comment on political affairs until his retirement in 2018 and holds the distinction as the second longest-serving Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives with 6 years, 273 days.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Berend de Vries was born in

Vrije Universiteit

.

Politics

In 1978 he was elected as a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party as a Member of the House of Representatives. In 1982 he became leader of the CDA. He ruled the fraction with an iron fist and did not allow dissidents. Group Members Jan Nico Scholten and Stef Dijkman had to leave in 1983. As minister he steered the Arbeidsvoorzieningswet and Jeugdwerkgarantiewet by the First and Second Chamber. He was also the architect of the so-called Bami agreement on adaptation of the WAO. The name Bami agreement refers to the fact that during the consultations in the home of Bert de Vries, a meal of Chinese take-away food was consumed. With this agreement, the fall of the third Lubbers cabinet prevented.^{[citation needed]}

After his departure from active politics until 1998 he was part-time professor of financial and economic policy at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. After the forced resignation of Marnix van Rij in 2001, De Vries took over as chairman of the Christian Democratic Appeal for a year.^{[citation needed]}

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown	Belgium	10 December 1990
	Commander of the Legion of Honour	France	1 October 1991
	Knight Commander of the Order of Merit	Germany	21 March 1993
	Grand Officer of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	5 August 1993
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	8 October 1994
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	30 April 1999

References

^ "CDA-coryfee Bert de Vries verlaat partij" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Dr. B. (Bert) de Vries Parlement & Politiek

Party political offices
Preceded by Ruud Lubbers	Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives 1982–1986 1986–1989	Succeeded by Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by Marnix van Rij	Chairman of the Christian Democratic Appeal 2001–2002	Succeeded by Marja van Bijsterveldt
Political offices
Preceded by Jan de Koning	Minister of Social Affairs and Employment 1989–1994	Succeeded by Ad Melkert
Preceded by Gerrit Braks	Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Ad interim 1990	Succeeded by Piet Bukman
Civic offices
Preceded by Wil Albeda	Chairman of the Supervisory board of National Insurance Bank 1994–2001	Succeeded by Bram Peper
Preceded by Gijs van Aardenne	Chairman of the Supervisory board of Public Pension Funds APB 1995–2001	Succeeded by Elco Brinkman
Business positions
Preceded by Gijs van Aardenne	Chairman of the Executive Board of the Hospitals association 1995–2001	Succeeded by Jo Ritzen

[1] "CDA-coryfee Bert de Vries verlaat partij" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[1]

v t e 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) (Ad interim) Ed van Thijn (Interior) (1994) Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) (from 1994) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) (1989–1993) Pieter Kooijmans (Foreign Affairs) (from 1993) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) (1989–1994) Aad Kosto (Justice) (from 1994) Economic Affairs ) Relus ter Beek (Defence) Hedy d'Ancona (Welfare, Health and Culture) (1989–1994) Jo Ritzen (Welfare, Health and Culture) (Ad interim) Bert de Vries (Social Affairs and Employment) Jo Ritzen (Education and Sciences) Hanja Maij-Weggen (Transport and Water Management) (1989–1994) Koos Andriessen (Transport and Water Management) (Ad interim) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1989–1990) Bert de Vries (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Piet Bukman (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (from 1990) Hans Alders (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Ministers without portfolio	Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) (Ad interim) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) (1989–1994) Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) (from 1994) Jan Pronk (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) (1989–1994) Piet Dankert (Foreign Affairs) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) Aad Kosto (Justice) (1989–1994) Economic Affairs ) (1989–1990) Economic Affairs ) (from 1990) Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (Defence) (1989–1993) Ton Frinking (Defence) (from 1993) Hans Simons (Welfare, Health and Culture) Elske ter Veld (Social Affairs and Employment) (1989–1993) Jacques Wallage (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 1993) Jacques Wallage (Education and Science) (1989–1993) Roel in 't Veld (Education and Science) (1993) Job Cohen (Education and Science) (from 1993) Dzsingisz Gabor (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) Enneüs Heerma (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

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