Ferdinand Grapperhaus

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Ferdinand Grapperhaus
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius
Personal details
Born
Ferdinand Bernhard Joseph Grapperhaus

(1959-11-08) 8 November 1959 (age 64)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
EducationUniversity of Amsterdam (LLB, LLM, PhD)

Ferdinand Bernhard Joseph "Ferd" Grapperhaus

Minister of Justice and Security in the Third Rutte cabinet from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).[4]

Family and education

Grapperhaus was born in

Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam where he obtained an LLM degree in constitutional law in 1984.[8] In 1995, Grapperhaus was awarded a PhD degree in labour law from the same university, under the supervision of Paul F. van der Heijden.[7]

Career

Professional life

A

full professor of "Rule of Law, Society and Legal Practice" at Erasmus University Rotterdam.[12]

Politics

He served as a member of the

Minister of Justice and Security
on 26 October 2017. During his tenure, the name of his ministry was changed from "Ministry of Security and Justice" to "Ministry of Justice and Security", a move costing €2,000,000.

Controversy

As a response to parliamentary questions following the Argos documentary 'Shards of glass and dark rituals',[13] Grapperhaus said on 27 August 2020 that there would be 'no independent investigation into Ritual Abuse' of children in The Netherlands.[14] The Green Left, the Socialist Party and the Labour Party criticised the minister for his decision.[15] On the same day, Grapperhaus responded to public controversy when news media reported about the lack of social distancing at his own wedding amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.[16] He agreed to pay a 390 euro fine. On the 26th of June 2021, Grapperhuis[17] sang a made up song on Dutch TV about throwing away protective face masks just as a further wave of infections of Covid 19 in the Netherlands was taking hold. Two weeks later there were 10000 cases per day recorded. [18] On 13 October, the House of Representatives (Netherlands) approved a motion in which the PvdA, GL and the SP requested that an independent investigation be conducted into the nature and extent of "organized sadistic abuse of children", bypassing Grapperhaus' original refusal to investigate.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Minister Ferd Grapperhaus geeft jawoord". De Telegraaf. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ Visser, Arjan (18 July 2020). "Ferd Grapperhaus: 'Ik kan erg heftig reageren op dingen'". Trouw. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Ferd Grapperhaus (@ferdgrapperhaus)". Twitter. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Ferdinand Grapperhaus (CDA), nieuwkomer in Den Haag". NOS.nl (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Mr. F.B.J. (Ferdinand) Grapperhaus". Parlement & Politiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  6. ^ Raoul du Pré (18 October 2017). "Rutte III krijgt nu snel vorm: Dekker naar Veiligheid, UWV-baas Bruins op Onderwijs". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Biography". Official website of Ferdinand Grapperhaus. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. Government of the Netherlands
    . Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  9. ^ Prof. Ferdinand Grapperhaus named Minister of Justice and Security - website of the Maastricht University
  10. ^ Deloitte strikt oud minister Grapperhaus als kopstuk juridische tak - website of Het Financieele Dagblad
  11. ^ Ferd Grapperhaus - website of Deloitte
  12. ^ Ferdinand Grapperhaus appointed professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam - website of the Erasmus University Rotterdam
  13. ^ Argos (27 June 2020), Shards of glass and dark rituals
  14. ^ Ferd Grapperhaus (27 August 2020), Antwoorden Kamervragen over de uitzending van Argos over ritueel misbruik .
  15. ^ Sanne Terlingen and Huub Jaspers (1 September 2020), Kamerleden willen in debat over Ritueel Misbruik .
  16. ^ Eline Schaart (28 August 2020), Dutch justice minister apologizes for lack of social distancing at his wedding Politico Europe.
  17. ^ Grapperhuis facemask song
  18. ^ "Justice Min. Fined for social distancing violation at his wedding".
  19. ^ "Onderzoek naar ritueel misbruik | Binnenland | Telegraaf.nl". 13 October 2020.

External links

Official
Political offices
Preceded by
Minister of Justice and Security

2017–2022
Succeeded by
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius
Preceded by
Minister of Defence

Acting

2021
Succeeded by