Stef Blok

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Stef Blok

Minister for Housing and Civil service (Netherlands)
Incumbent
Assumed office November 5, 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	First
Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives
In office October 14, 2010 – September 13, 2012
Preceded by	Mark Rutte
Succeeded by	Mark Rutte
Member of the House of Representatives
In office September 3, 2002 – November 5, 2012
In office August 25, 1998 – May 23, 2002
Personal details
Born	Stephanus Abraham Blok (1964-12-10) December 10, 1964 Emmeloord, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Residence	The Hague, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Groningen (M.A.)
Occupation	Politician Banking employee
Website	Official site

Stephanus Abraham "Stef" Blok (born December 10, 1964) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Since November 5, 2012 he has been a minister without portfolio in the second Rutte cabinet, dealing with housing and civil service.

Previously he was an MP from August 1998 to November 2012 (with an interruption in 2002). He served as the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from October 14, 2010 until September 13, 2012.^[1]

Blok was born in Emmeloord in the Netherlands Province of Flevoland. After attending Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden he studied Administration of business at the University of Groningen from 1977 until 1983. He worked for ABN AMRO from 1989 until 1998 when he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy for which he has been a member since 1988.

He was a member of the municipal council of Nieuwkoop from 1994 to 1998.

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

↑ (Dutch) Stef Blok nieuwe fractievoorzitter VVD, NU.nl, October 6, 2010

Stef Blok with Mark Rutte after the winning Dutch general election of 2010 on June 10, 2010.

Party political offices
Preceded by Mark Rutte	Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives 2010-2012	Succeeded by Mark Rutte
Government offices
Preceded by First	Minister for Housing and Civil service 2012-	Succeeded by Incumbent

v t e Second Rutte cabinet (2012–present)

^{Preceded by: First Rutte cabinet ·}

Prime Minister	Mark Rutte (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Minister	Lodewijk Asscher (Social Affairs and Employment)

Ministers	Ronald Plasterk (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Frans Timmermans (Foreign Affairs) Jeroen Dijsselbloem (Finance) Ivo Opstelten (Security and Justice) Henk Kamp (Economic Affairs) Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (Defence) Edith Schippers (Health, Welfare and Sport) Jet Bussemaker (Education, Culture and Science) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment)

Minister without portfolio	Stef Blok (Housing and Civil service) Lilianne Ploumen (Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation)

State Secretaries	Frans Weekers (Finance) (2012–2014) Eric Wiebes (Finance) (2014-) Fred Teeven (Security and Justice) Co Verdaas (Economic Affairs) (2012) Sharon Dijksma (Economic Affairs) (2012-) Martin van Rijn (Health, Welfare and Sport) Sander Dekker (Education, Culture and Science) Wilma Mansveld (Infrastructure and the Environment) Jetta Klijnsma (Social Affairs and Employment)

v t e List of members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands<br/ > (2006–2010)

Christian Democratic Appeal	Schreijer-Pierik Van Geel Atsma Sterk Schinkelshoek de Vries Spies Ferrier Madsen Ormel Van Heugten Van Haersma Buma Çörüz Van Hijum Van Bochove Koopmans Van de Camp Blanksma-Van den Heuvel Koppejan Jager Joldersma Van Dijk Schermers Mastwijk de Nerée tot Babberich Biskop Uitslag Jos Hessels Ten Hoopen Omtzigt Van Vroonhoven-Kok Haverkamp De Pater-Van der Meer -Willemse-Van der Ploeg Jonker Bilder Knops De Rouwe Van Toorenburg Vietsch Smilde

ChristianUnion	Slob Voordewind Ortega-Martijn Cramer Anker Wiegman-Van Meppelen Scheppink

Democrats 66	Pechtold Kaya Van der Ham

GreenLeft	Halsema Vendrik Sap Van Gent Azough Dibi Peters

Dutch Labour Party	Arib Tang Kraneveldt Heijnen Vos Van Dijken Boelhouwer Heerts Hamer Van Dam Besselink Kuiken Tichelaar Verbeet (chair) Timmer Smeets Spekman Eijsink Samsom Gill'ard Staf Depla Agnes Wolbert Dijsselbloem Jacobi Paul Kalma Bouchibti Leerdam Roefs Blom Bouwmeester Van der Veen Vermeij Waalkens

Party for Freedom	Wilders Agema De Roon Brinkman Bosma Graus Madlener Van Dijck Fritsma

Party for the Animals	Thieme Ouwehand

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Rutte Kamp Griffith Van der Burg Teeven Schippers Nicolaï Remkes Van Beek Van Baalen Van Miltenburg Aptroot Boekestijn Neppérus Hamming-Bluemink Blok De Krom Zijlstra Ten Broeke Weekers Snijder-Hazelhoff

Member Verdonk	Verdonk

Reformed Political Party	Van der Vlies Van der Staaij

Socialist Party	Marijnissen Kant Karabulut Van Bommel de Wit Van Velzen Irrgang Van Raak Roemer Leijten Ulenbelt Smits Gesthuizen Van Dijk De Rooij Van Leeuwen Luijben Jansen Poppe Gerkens Bashir Van Gerven Langkamp Polderman Lempens

Italics signifies a temporary member - Bold signifies the parliamentary group leader

Persondata
Name	Blok, Stef
Alternative names	Blok, Stephanus Abraham
Short description	Dutch politician
Date of birth	December 10, 1964
Place of birth	Emmeloord, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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