Ernst Hirsch Ballin
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Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Ernst Maurits Henricus Hirsch Ballin (born Amsterdam, December 15, 1950) is a Dutch politician, Minister of Justice during the third Lubbers cabinet (1989-1994), and successor of Piet Hein Donner as justice minister in the third Balkenende cabinet (2006). He is a member of the CDA, a christian-democratic party.
After a parliamentary inquiry (1994) into the investigative methods used by the Dutch interregional police force (IRT affair), Hirsch Ballin had to resign from his position. He then was respectively a member of the Dutch House of Representatives, member of the Dutch Senate, and from 2000, member of the Dutch Council of State.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Frits Korthals Altes |
Dutch Minister of Justice 1989–1994 |
Succeeded by: Aad Kosto |
| Preceded by: Ruud Lubbers |
Dutch Minister of Kingdom Relations 1989–1994 |
Succeeded by: Joris Voorhoeve |
| Preceded by: Ien Dales |
Dutch Minister of the Interior 1994 |
Succeeded by: Ed van Thijn |
| Preceded by: Piet Hein Donner |
Dutch Minister of Justice 2006– |
Succeeded by: n.a. |
