Frits Korthals Altes

Minister of Justice
Minister of Justice
	In office; 4 November 1982 – 7 November 1989
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Job de Ruiter
Succeeded by	Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Member of the Senate
	In office; 11 June 1991 – 2 October 2001
	In office; 10 June 1981 – 4 November 1982
Parliamentary group	People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy
Chairman of the People's Party ; for Freedom and Democracy
	In office; 15 March 1975 – 22 May 1981
Leader	Hans Wiegel
Preceded by	Haya van Someren
Succeeded by	Jan Kamminga
Personal details
Born	Frederik Korthals Altes; 15 May 1931 (age 92); Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy ; (from 1956)
Spouses	; Titia Kist (m. 1965; div. 1985) ; Hendrika Matthijssen (m. 1985)
Children	3 sons
Residence(s)	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Leiden University ; (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician · Jurist · Lawyer · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Editor · Author

Frederik "Frits" Korthals Altes (born 15 May 1931) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 26 October 2001.

Korthals Altes attended the

Jan de Koning took over as acting Minister of the Interior. Korthals Altes was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1986, taking office on 14 September 1989. The Cabinet Lubbers II was replaced by the Cabinet Lubbers III on 7 November 1989 and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a frontbencher

.

In April 1991 Korthals Altes announced that he wanted to return to the Senate. After the

Randstad Holding, Arcadis, Carnegie Foundation, Stichting INGKA Foundation, and the Institute of International Relations Clingendael) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government. Following the Senate election of 1991 Korthals Altes was selected as Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Senate, taking office on 13 June 1995. Korthals Altes was nominated as President of the Senate following the appointed of Herman Tjeenk Willink as Vice-President of the Council of State

, taking office on 11 March 1997. In September 2001 Korthals Altes announced his retirement from national politics. He resigned as President of the Senate and a Member of the Senate on 2 October 2001.

Biography

Early life

Frederik Korthals Altes was born on 15 May 1931 in Amsterdam. He worked as a lawyer from 1957 until 1982.

Politics

After the second Lubbers cabinet fell because of a parliamentary motion of no confidence by the VVD faction, new elections were called, and Korthals Altes was elected to the Dutch House of Representatives. In 1991, he was elected back again to the Dutch Senate, where he became a Chairman of the Senate in 1997. From 1990 to 1997, he was also practising law again, with the Dutch firm Nauta Dutilh.

With his resignation from the senate in 2001, he was nominated as Minister of State. Earlier in 1997, the VVD gave him an honorary membership. From 1997 until 2001, he was President of the

Senate

. The Dutch Queen nominated Korthals Altes, alongside Rein Jan Hoekstra (CDA), as informateur, after a first round of talks between the CDA and Labour Party (PvdA) to form a new cabinet failed. The second Balkenende cabinet between the VVD, CDA and D66, was installed in May 2003.

Korthals Altes chaired a commission in 2007 that looked into the Dutch election process. The final report of the commission advised the government to abandon electronic voting machines, as they lack a paper trail.

Honours and appointments

Appointments

Netherlands: Minister of State with style of Excellency (26 October 2001)

National

Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau (20 November 1989)
Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (13 May 1981)

Foreign

Belgium: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (6 July 1986)
France:
- Grand Cross of the
  National Order of Merit
  (28 February 2000)
- Grand Officer of the Order of Legion of Honour (6 February 1984)
Germany: Grand Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (30 May 1985)
Japan: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (12 May 2000)
Luxembourg: Grand Cross of the Order of the Oak Crown (15 November 1983)
Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (2 October 1989)
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1 December 1998)

Other memberships

Netherlands: Honorary Member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (23 May 1997)

References

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Mr. F. (Frits) Korthals Altes Parlement & Politiek
(in Dutch) Mr. F. Korthals Altes (VVD) Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Party political offices
Preceded by Haya van Someren	Chairman of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1975–1981	Succeeded by Jan Kamminga
Preceded by David Luteijn	Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Senate 1995–1997	Succeeded by Leendert Ginjaar
Political offices
Preceded by Job de Ruiter	Minister of Justice 1982–1989	Succeeded by Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Preceded by Koos Rietkerk	Minister of the Interior Ad interim 1986 1987	Succeeded by Rudolf de Korte
Preceded by Kees van Dijk	Minister of the Interior Ad interim 1986 1987	Succeeded by Jan de Koning Ad interim
Preceded by Herman Tjeenk Willink	President of the Senate 1997–2001	Succeeded by Gerrit Braks

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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