Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
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Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | |
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State Secretary for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977 Serving with Pieter Kooijmans | |
Prime Minister | Joop den Uyl |
Preceded by | Tjerk Westerterp |
Succeeded by | Durk van der Mei |
Personal details | |
Born | Laurens Jan Brinkhorst 18 March 1937 Zwolle, Netherlands |
Political party | Democrats 66 (from 1966) |
Spouse |
Jantien Heringa (m. 1960) |
Children | Marius Brinkhorst (born 1964) Laurentien Brinkhorst (born 1966) |
Relatives | Prince Constantijn (son-in-law) |
Residence(s) | Leiden, Netherlands |
Alma mater | Leiden University (LL.B., LL.M.) Columbia University (B.Soc.Sc, MSSc) |
Occupation | Politician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Jurist · Lawyer · Researcher · Nonprofit director · Lobbyist · Activist · Author · Professor |
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (born 18 March 1937) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist.
Early life and education
Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst was born in the city of
Brinkhorst attended the
Career in politics and academia
Brinkhorst served on the
In 1977 he was again a member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch parliament for D66 and in 1981 became the leader of his party in parliament. From 1983 to 1987 he was Ambassador of the European Community in
Brinkhorst was elected as a
In 1987 he became a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2] Between 1987 and 1994 Brinkhorst continued his service at the European Commission as Director-General for Environmental Affairs and Nuclear Safety. In 1994 Brinkhorst became a member of the European Parliament, serving there until 1999. [citation needed]
Brinkhorst was also a member of the Provinciale Staten (the provincial parliament) of the province of
On 8 June 1999 he became the minister of agriculture, environmental control and fishery in the cabinet
After the
He is a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network (ELN).[3]
Personal life
On 26 August 1960, Brinkhorst married Jantien Heringa (born 2 February 1935 in Voorburg), daughter of Ewardus Heringa (The Hague, 14 November 1904 - The Hague, 30 November 1988) and wife (m. Utrecht, 4 August 1930) Petronela Johanna Roskam (Utrecht, 20 August 1905 - The Hague, 19 December 1991). Brinkhorst and Heringa are the parents of Marius Brinkhorst (born 9 February 1964) and the Dutch princess Laurentien (born 25 May 1966), who married Prince Constantijn in 2001.[4]
Brinkhorst retired after spending 33 years in national politics and became active in the public sector and occupied numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (
Decorations
National
- Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (11 April 2007)
- Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (10 December 2002)
- Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (11 April 1978)
Foreign
- Austria: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (18 May 2004)
- Belgium: Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II (15 May 1988)
- Denmark: Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog (31 August 2003)
- France: Officer of the Order of Legion of Honour (4 July 2010)[5]
- Germany: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1 September 2004)
- Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (30 April 1985)
- Japan: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1 July 2005)
- Luxembourg: Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown (25 January 1996)[6]
- Poland: Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (6 May 2005)[7]
- Spain: Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (5 December 2000)
Honorary degrees
- Netherlands – Tilburg University: Law (5 July 2003)
References
- ISBN 978-0-471-97796-4.
- ^ "Laurens Jan Brinkhorst". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Senior Network". www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ Geneall
- ^ Laurens Jan BRINKHORST , Officier de la Légion d’Honneur - website of the Ambassade de France à La Haye
- Archive.org
- ^ Order of the President of the Republic of Poland - Polish Internet System of Legal Acts
External links
- Official
- (in Dutch) Mr. L.J. (Laurens Jan) Brinkhorst Parlement & Politiek