Jacques Wallage
Jacques Wallage | |
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State Secretary for Education and Sciences | |
In office 7 November 1989 – 9 June 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
Preceded by | Nell Ginjaar-Maas |
Succeeded by | Roel in 't Veld |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 17 May 1994 – 26 August 1998 | |
In office 10 June 1981 – 7 November 1989 | |
Parliamentary group | Labour Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Jacques Wallage 27 September 1946 Apeldoorn, Netherlands |
Political party | Labour Party (from 1964) |
Spouses | Marijke Drees
(m. 1980; div. 1988)Fransien Drees (m. 1990) |
Children | Chaja Wallage (born 1983) Martijn Wallage (born 1984) |
Residence(s) | Haarlem, Netherlands |
Alma mater | University of Groningen (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science) |
Occupation | Politician · Sociologist · Researcher · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Academic administrator · Political pundit · Activist · Professor |
Jacques Wallage (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʒɑk ˈʋɑlaːɣə]; born 27 September 1946) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and sociologist.[1]
Wallage attended a
Wallage was elected as a
In August 1998 Wallage was nominated as Mayor of Groningen, he resigned as Member of the House of Representatives on 26 August 1998 and was installed as Mayor of Groningen, serving from 1 October 1998 until 25 June 2009. Wallage 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 (PostNL, International Institute of Social History, Groninger Museum, International Cycling Film Festival, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Electronic Commerce Platform , Royal Association of Shipowners and the Maritime Research Institute) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Council for Public Administration , Accreditation Council, Kadaster and Public Pension Funds APB). Wallage also served as a distinguished professor of Governmental Studies, Public administration and Social integration at the University of Groningen from 1 September 2009 until 1 October 2014 and a distinguished visiting professor of Public administration at the University of Groningen since 1 October 2014.
Decorations
Honours | ||||
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Knight of the Netherlands Lion |
- honorary citizen of Groningen
References
- ^ "News in Brief". Los Angeles Times. 2 May 1982. p. OC2. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
External links
- Official
- (in Dutch) Prof.Drs. J. (Jacques) Wallage Parlement & Politiek