Maxime Verhagen

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Maxime Verhagen

Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office February 22, 2007 – incumbent
Preceded by	Ben Bot
CDA fractievoorzitter
In office February 22, 2003 – February 21, 2007
Preceded by	Jan Peter Balkenende
Succeeded by	Pieter van Geel

Born	September 14, 1956 (1956-09-14) (age 51) Maastricht, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal
Religion	Roman-Catholic
Website	www.maximeverhagen.nl

Maxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen (Maastricht, 14 September 1956) is a Dutch politician. He is the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Christian Democratic Appeal party (CDA) in the fourth Balkenende cabinet.

1 Biography
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Maxime Verhagen with Condoleezza Rice.

Verhagen was born in Maastricht. He studied history at Leiden University, obtaining a degree in 1986. He started working for the CDA and was elected to the council of Oegstgeest. From 1989 to 1994, he was a member of the European Parliament. On 17 May 1994 he became a member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament. On 11 July 2002 he became fractievoorzitter (chairman) of the CDA. After becoming minister of foreign affairs in the fourth Balkenende cabinet, in 2007, he was succeeded in that position by Pieter van Geel.

For a brief period during his student time, Verhagen affiliated both with leftish-radicalism and the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD); he joined the CDA in 1976.^[1]

[edit] See also

Foreign relations of the Netherlands

[edit] References

^ "Verhagen in voetsporen van De Hoop Scheffer", NRC Handelsblad, 2002-07-11.

[edit] External links

(Dutch) Homepage of Maxime Verhagen
(Dutch) Information Site Parlement & Politiek about Maxime Verhagen

Preceded by Bernard Bot	Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs 2007-present	Succeeded by incumbent

v • d • e Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2007–present)

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Ministers	Wouter Bos (Finance) · André Rouvoet (Youth and Family)

Ministers	Guusje ter Horst (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) · Maxime Verhagen (Foreign Affairs) · Eimert van Middelkoop (Defense) · Maria van der Hoeven (Economic Affairs) · Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) · Gerda Verburg (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) · Ronald Plasterk (Education, Culture and Science) · Piet Hein Donner (Social Affairs and Employment) · Camiel Eurlings (Transportation and Water Management) · Ab Klink (Health, Welfare and Sport) · Jacqueline Cramer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) · Ella Vogelaar (Minister of Housing and Integration) · Bert Koenders (International Development)

State Secretaries	Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) · Frans Timmermans (European Affairs) · Nebahat Albayrak (Justice) · Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) · Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) · Sharon Dijksma (Education, Culture and Science) · Jack de Vries (Defense) · Tineke Huizinga (Transport and Water Management) · Frank Heemskerk (Economic Affairs) · Ahmed Aboutaleb (Social Affairs and Employment) · Jet Bussemaker (Health, Welfare and Sport)

v • d • e Dutch Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Ministry)

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