Elco Brinkman

Elco Brinkman
Elco Brinkman
	Brinkman in 2008
Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal; in the Senate
	In office; 7 June 2011 – 11 June 2019
Preceded by	Jos Werner
Succeeded by	Ben Knapen
Member of the Senate
	In office; 7 June 2011 – 11 June 2019
Member of the Social ; and Economic Council
	In office; 1 June 1995 – 1 July 2013
Chairman	See list Theo Quené (1995–1996) ; Klaas de Vries (1996–1998) ; Herman Wijffels (1999–2006) ; Alexander Rinnooy Kan ; (2006–2012) ; Wiebe Draijer (2012–2013);
Minister of Welfare, ; Health and Culture
	In office; 4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Til Gardeniers-Berendsen ; Health and Environment
Succeeded by	Hedy d'Ancona
Personal details
Born	Leendert Cornelis Brinkman; 5 February 1948 (age 76); Dirksland, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal ; (from 1980)
Spouse	Janneke Salentijn (m. 1977)
Children	3 children
Parent	Bram Brinkman (1915–2009) (father);
Residence	Leiden
Alma mater	Free University Amsterdam ; (Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Social Science, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Researcher · Businessperson · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive · Lobbyist

Leendert Cornelis "Elco" Brinkman (born 5 February 1948) is a retired Dutch politician and businessman who served as

Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture from 1982 to 1989 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) in 1994.^[1]

Career

Brinkman studied

lijsttrekker (top candidate) but shortly thereafter announced that he was stepping down following disappointing election results on 16 August 1994 but continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a frontbencher chairing the House Committee on Kingdom Relations and spokesperson for Health

. In April 1995 Brinkman unexpectedly announced his retirement and resigned from the House of Representatives on 26 April 1995.

Brinkman retired from active politics at just 47 and became active in the private and public sectors as a corporate and non-profit director and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government; he worked as a trade association executive serving as Chairman of the Construction Association from May 1995 until July 2013, Vice Chairman of the Industry and Employers Confederation (VNO-NCW) from April 2002 until May 2008 and a Member of the Social and Economic Council for the VNO-NCW from June 1995 until July 2013. Brinkman returned to active in politics and after the Senate election of 2011 was elected as a member of the Senate and became parliamentary leader serving from 7 June 2011 until 11 June 2019. Brinkman retired from active politics a second time at 71 but following his retirement continues to be active as an advocate and lobbyist for trade associations.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour	France	6 February 1984
	Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II	Belgium	10 September 1988
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	20 November 1989

References

^ "CDA-coryfee Elco Brinkman kondigt vertrek uit politiek aan" (in Dutch). NOS. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Mr.Drs. L.C. (Elco) Brinkman Parlement & Politiek
(in Dutch) Mr.Drs. L.C. Brinkman (CDA) Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Party political offices
Preceded by Ruud Lubbers	Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives 1989–1994	Succeeded by Enneüs Heerma
Preceded by Ruud Lubbers	Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal 1994	Succeeded by Enneüs Heerma
Preceded by Ruud Lubbers 1989	Lijsttrekker of the Christian Democratic Appeal 1994	Succeeded by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 1998
Preceded by Jos Werner	Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the Senate 2011–2019	Succeeded by Ben Knapen
Political offices
Preceded by Til Gardeniers-Berendsen as Minister of Health and Environment	Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture 1982–1989	Succeeded by Hedy d'Ancona
Preceded by Til Gardeniers-Berendsen as Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social Work Ad interim	Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture 1982–1989	Succeeded by Hedy d'Ancona
Civic offices
Preceded by Unknown	Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Interior 1979–1980	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Unknown	Director-General of the Department for Public Administration of the Ministry of the Interior 1980–1982	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Bert de Vries	Chairman of the Supervisory board of Public Pension Funds APB 2001–2009	Succeeded by Harry Borghouts
Business positions
Preceded by Office established	Chairman of the Executive Board of the Construction association 1995–2013	Succeeded by Maxime Verhagen
Preceded by Hans de Boer	Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of the Industry and Employers confederation 2002–2008	Succeeded by Hans Wiegel
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Bram Peper	Chairman of the International Architecture Biennal Rotterdam 2001–2011	Succeeded by Ed Nijpels
Preceded by Wim Deetman	Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Royal Library 2004–2015	Succeeded by Tjibbe Joustra
Preceded by Hans Wiegel	Chairman of the Supervisory board of Staatsbosbeheer 2008–2010	Succeeded by Inge Brakman

[1] "CDA-coryfee Elco Brinkman kondigt vertrek uit politiek aan" (in Dutch). NOS. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[1]

v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands (2015–2019)
Senate 9 June 2015 – 11 June 2019
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 13)	Jorritsma Broekers-Knol (President) Bruijn Bruijn-Wezeman Duthler <De Grave> <Hermans> Huijbregts-Schiedon Van Kappen Klip-Martin Knip <Krikke> Schaap Schouwenaar <Swagerman> Van de Ven Wever
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 12)	Brinkman Atsma Van Bijsterveld Flierman <Hoekstra> Van Kesteren Knapen Lokin-Sassen Martens Oomen Van Rij Rombouts De Vries-Leggedoor
Democrats 66 (D66: 10)	Engels Andriessen Backer (Bredenoord) Comenencia <De Graaf> Pijlman Prast Rinnooy Kan <Schaper> Schnabel Stienen Vink
Party for Freedom (PVV: 9)	Faber Aardema <Van Beek> Dercksen Van Dijk Van Hattem Van Kesteren Kok <Kops> <Markuszower> <Popken> Van der Sluijs Van Strien <Van Weerdenburg>
Socialist Party (SP: 9)	Kox Van Apeldoorn Don <Elzinga> Gerkens Köhler Meijer Overbeek Reuten <Ruers> Wezel
Labour Party (PvdA: 8)	Postema <Barth> <Beuving> Fiers Nooren Schrijver Sent Sini Verheijen <Vreeman> Van Zandbrink
GreenLeft (GL: 4)	Strik Binnema Ganzevoort Lindmeijer <Vos>
Christian Union (CU: 3)	Kuiper Bikker Ester
Party for the Animals (PvdD: 2)	Koffeman Teunissen
Reformed Political Party (SGP: 2)	Schalk Van Dijk
50PLUS (50+: 2)	Nagel Baay-Timmerman <Van Rooijen>
Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1)	Ten Hoeve
Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the President Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this Senate See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–2017

v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands (2011–2015)
Senate, 7 June 2011 - 8 June 2015
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 16)	Hermans Beckers Bröcker President ) Bruijn Dupuis Duthler De Graaf De Grave Huijbregts-Schiedon Van Kappen Kneppers-Heynert Knip <Van Rey> Schaap Schouwenaar Swagerman
Labour Party (PvdA: 14)	Barth Beuving Duivesteijn Ter Horst Koning Koole Linthorst <Meurs> <Noten> Postema <Putters> Schrijver Sent Sylvester Vlietstra De Vries <Witteveen> Van Zandbrink
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 11)	Brinkman Van Bijsterveld Essers Flierman Franken Hoekstra Van der Linden Lokin-Sassen Martens Terpstra De Vries-Leggedoor
Party for Freedom (PVV: 10)	Faber Van Beek Van Dijk Frijters-Klijnen <De Graaf> <De Graaff> <Klever> Kok Kops Popken Reynaers Sørensen Van Strien
Socialist Party (SP: 8)	Kox Elzinga Gerkens Meijer Quik-Schuijt Reuten Ruers Slagter-Roukema <Smaling> <Vliegenthart>
Democrats 66 (D66: 5)	Van Boxtel Backer Engels De Graaf Scholten
GreenLeft (GL: 5)	Thissen De Boer Ganzevoort Strik Vos
Christian Union (CU: 2)	Kuiper Ester
Reformed Political Party (SGP: 1)	Holdijk
50PLUS (50+: 1)	Nagel
Party for the Animals (PvdD: 1)	Koffeman
Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1)	De Lange
Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the President Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this Senate See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2015–present See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012

v t e Second Lubbers cabinet (1986–1989)
Preceded by: First Lubbers cabinet Succeeded by: Third Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Economic Affairs )
Ministers	Kees van Dijk (Interior) (1986–1987) Jan de Koning (Interior and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) (Ad interim) Kees van Dijk (Interior) (from 1987) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Onno Ruding (Finance) Frits Korthals Altes (Justice) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) (1986–1988) Piet Bukman (Defence) (ad interim) Frits Bolkestein (Defence) (from 1988) Elco Brinkman (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) (1986–1987) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) (Ad interim) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) (from 1987) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) (1986–1989) Gerrit Braks (Education and Sciences) (Ad interim) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) Ed Nijpels (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Piet Bukman (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) René van der Linden (Foreign Affairs) (1986–1988) Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (Foreign Affairs) (from 1988) Henk Koning (Finance) Virginie Korte-van Hemel (Justice) Economic Affairs ) (1986) Economic Affairs ) (from 1986) Economic Affairs ) (1986–1989) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Dick Dees (Welfare, Health and Culture) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Nell Ginjaar-Maas (Education and Sciences) Gerrit Brokx (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (1986) Enneüs Heerma (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (from 1986)

v t e First Lubbers cabinet (1982–1986)
Preceded by: Third Van Agt cabinet Succeeded by: Second Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Economic Affairs )
Ministers	Koos Rietkerk (Interior) (1982–1986) (†) Frits Korthals Altes (Interior) (Ad interim) Rudolf de Korte (Interior) (from 1986) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Onno Ruding (Finance) Frits Korthals Altes (Justice) Job de Ruiter (Defence) Elco Brinkman (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs ) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) Pieter Winsemius (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Eegje Schoo (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Marius van Amelsvoort (Interior) Wim van Eekelen (Foreign Affairs) Henk Koning (Finance) Virginie Korte-van Hemel (Justice) Economic Affairs ) Economic Affairs ) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Charl Schwietert (Defence) (1982) Willem Hoekzema (Defence) (from 1982) Joop van der Reijden (Welfare, Health and Culture) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello (Social Affairs and Employment) Nell Ginjaar-Maas (Education and Sciences) Gerard van Leijenhorst (Education and Sciences) Jaap Scherpenhuizen (Transport and Water Management) Ad Ploeg (Agriculture and Fisheries) Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment )

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