Frank Heemskerk

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Frank Heemskerk
Frank Heemskerk
minister of Foreign Trade within the Economic Affairs.
In office
2007 – present
Member of the Tweede Kamer
In office
2003 – 2006
Born 26 July 1969 (1969-07-26) (age 38)
Haarlem, Netherlands
Political party Labour Party (PvdA)

Frank Heemskerk (born 26 July 1969 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland) is a Dutch politician. He was member of parliament for the Labour Party between 2003 and 2006 and is currently minister of Foreign Trade within the Economic Affairs.

Heemskerk studied economics at the University of Amsterdam. He worked for ABN AMRO and made a career in the banking world. He also got involved the in the social-democratic renewal movement Niet Nix.

In the 2003 elections Heemskerk was elected into the Tweede Kamer. In parliament he specialized in the relationship between market and government and with the reform of the health care system. During the 2006 elections Heemskerk was not reelected, as he was the 39th candidate and the PvdA only got 34 seats.

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