Johan Remkes

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Johan Remkes
Johan Remkes
In office
2002 – 2007
Preceded by Klaas de Vries
Succeeded by Guusje ter Horst
Born 15 June 1951(1951-06-15)
Oosterbroek, Netherlands
Political party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Website www.ministerremkes.nl

Johannes Wijnandus (Johan) Remkes (born in Oosterbroek (Groningen) on 15 June 1951) became a member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch parlement in 1993, for the conservative liberal party VVD. From 1998 to 2002 he was a State Secretary in the Second cabinet of Wim Kok. In 2002 he became Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs in the First Balkenende cabinet. Between 27 May 2003 he fulfilled this role in the second and third Balkenende cabinet and 22 February 2007.

Preceded by
Klaas de Vries		 Dutch Minister of Internal Affairs
2002-2007		 Succeeded by
Guusje ter Horst
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Members of Parliament for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Charlie Aptroot - Hans van Baalen - Willibrord van Beek - Stef Blok - Arend-Jan Boekestijn - Han ten Broeke - Brigitte van der Burg - Ineke Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink - Laetitia Griffith - Henk Kamp - Paul de Krom - Anouchka van Miltenburg - Helma Neppérus - Atzo Nicolaï - Johan Remkes - Mark Rutte - Edith Schippers - Janneke Snijder-Hazelhoff - Fred Teeven - Frans Weekers - Halbe Zijlstra
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