Jan Kees de Jager

Jan Kees de Jager

Minister of Finance
In office February 23, 2010 – November 5, 2012
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende (2010) Mark Rutte (2010-2012)
Preceded by	Wouter Bos
Succeeded by	Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Member of the House of Representatives
In office June 17, 2010 – October 14, 2010
State Secretary for Finance
In office February 22, 2007 – February 23, 2010
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Joop Wijn
Succeeded by	Frans Weekers
Personal details
Born	Jan Cornelis de Jager (1969-02-10) February 10, 1969 Kapelle, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal
Residence	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Nyenrode Business University (Bachelor of Business Administration) Erasmus University Rotterdam (Master of Science, Master of Laws)
Occupation	Politician Entrepreneur
Religion	Protestant Church in the Netherlands

Jan Cornelis "Jan Kees" de Jager (born February 10, 1969) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as State Secretary for Finance from February 22, 2007 until February 23, 2010 in the Cabinet Balkenende IV. De Jager became Minister of Finance following the resignation of Wouter Bos and served for the remaining parliamentary periode of the Cabinet Balkenende IV. De Jager remained as Minister of Finance following the formation of the Cabinet Rutte I after the Dutch general election of 2010, after he served a short term as a Member of the House of Representatives from June 17, 2010 until October 14, 2010. After the fall of the Cabinet Rutte I, De Jager was succeed as Minister of Finance on November 5, 2012 and returned to the businessworld.

Biography

Early life

De Jager studied at the Nyenrode Business University where he received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1990. Subsequently, he studied at the Erasmus University Rotterdam where he obtained an Master of Science degree in Economic sociology and Business economics in 1994. He also obtained an Master of Laws degree at the same university in 1996.

In 1992, while still at university, De Jager founded Information technology company Spectra Vision. All business activities were handed over to ISM eCompany (Innovative Solutions in Media) in 1997, the company of which De Jager was CEO until his appointment to the cabinet on 22 February 2010.

Besides his work as managing partner of the Rotterdam internet ISM eCompany (which he co-founded in 1992), De Jager is socially involved in different activities. He was a member of the executive board of the Christian Democratic Appeal and organizations of various social and economic issues. For his contribution to the success of the company he worked and his efforts in various ICT and innovative ancillary, De Jager received the ICT Personality 2006 Award of interbranch ICT ~ Office.

Politics

State Secretary for Finance

Jan Kees de Jager at the 2008 G-20 Washington summit.

De Jager was State Secretary for Finance in the Cabinet Balkenende IV from 22 February 2007 to 23 February 2010. His portfolio was Fiscal Affairs.

De Jager took part in the 2008 G-20 Washington summit on financial crisis in Washington on 15 and 16 November 2008. De Jager would actually participate as acting Minister of Finance in the program of the Finance ministers. After consultation with the White House was decided that De Jager (currently the highest representative of the government in Washington) could participate in the summit as head of government. De Jager advocated by the Dutch contribution to the need to improve monitoring in a more prominent role of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.

Minister of Finance

On 23 February 2010 following the resignation of Wouter Bos, and with him all the Labour Party members from the Cabinet Balkenende IV, De Jager became Minister of Finance. He worked on the 2011 budget and on 14 October 2010 De Jager remain as minister in the First Rutte cabinet; with Frans Weekers as State Secretary. On 26 February 2012 former Minister of Finance Onno Ruding, told in the program Eva Jinek on Sunday to have regular contact with De Jager on specific topics.

Personal

In 2011, De Jager said that he is in a relationship with a man.^[1]

Decorations

Netherlands
- Order of Orange-Nassau
  - Officer (December 7, 2013)

References

↑ (Dutch) Minister De Jager is vrijgezel af, Telegraaf, May 7, 2011, 2012

External links

(Dutch) Mr.Drs. J.C. (Jan Kees) de Jager (Parlement & Politiek)

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Government offices
Preceded by Joop Wijn	State Secretary for Finance 2007–2010	Succeeded by Frans Weekers
Preceded by Wouter Bos	Minister of Finance 2010–2012	Succeeded by Jeroen Dijsselbloem

Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands

Ministry of Finance

Schimmelpenninck Van Bosse Ossewaarde Van Bosse Van Doorn Van Hall Agnites Vrolik Van Bosse Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis Van Bosse Blussé van Oud-Alblas Van Delden Van der Heim Gleichman Vissering Van Lynden van Sandenburg Grobbée Bloem Godin de Beaufort Pierson Sprenger van Eyk Pierson Van Tecklenburg De Meester Kolkman Bertling Treub Van Gijn De Vries Corneliszoon De Geer Colijn De Geer Oud De Wilde Colijn Bodenhausen De Geer Welter Steenberghe Albarda Van den Broek Huysmans Lieftinck Drees Van de Kieft Hofstra Zijlstra Witteveen Vondeling Zijlstra Witteveen Nelissen Duisenberg Andriessen Van Aardenne Van der Stee Ruding Kok Zalm Hoogervorst Zalm Bos De Jager Dijsselbloem

First Rutte cabinet (2010–2012)

^{Preceded by: Demissionary Fourth Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: Second Rutte cabinet}

Prime Minister	Mark Rutte General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	Maxime Verhagen Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation

Ministers	Piet Hein Donner Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2010–2011 Liesbeth Spies Interior and Kingdom Relations) (from 2011 Uri Rosenthal Foreign Affairs Jan Kees de Jager Finance Ivo Opstelten Security and Justice Hans Hillen Defence Edith Schippers Health, Welfare and Sport Marja van Bijsterveldt Education, Culture and Science Melanie Schultz van Haegen Infrastructure and the Environment Henk Kamp Social Affairs and Employment

Minister without portfolio	Gerd Leers Immigration, Integration and Asylum Affairs

State Secretaries	Ben Knapen Foreign Affairs Frans Weekers Finance Fred Teeven Security and Justice Henk Bleker Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten Health, Welfare and Sport Halbe Zijlstra Education, Culture and Science Joop Atsma Infrastructure and the Environment Paul de Krom Social Affairs and Employment

Demissionary Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2010)

^{Preceded by: Fourth Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: First Rutte cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	André Rouvoet Education, Culture and Science and Youth and Family

Ministers	Ernst Hirsch Ballin Interior and Kingdom Relations and Justice Maxime Verhagen Foreign Affairs and International Development Jan Kees de Jager Finance Maria van der Hoeven Economic Affairs Eimert van Middelkoop Defence and Housing and Integration Ab Klink Health, Welfare and Sport Camiel Eurlings Transport, Public Works and Water Management Gerda Verburg Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Piet Hein Donner Social Affairs and Employment Tineke Huizinga Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

State Secretaries	Ank Bijleveld Interior and Kingdom Relations Jack de Vries Defence Marja van Bijsterveldt Education, Culture and Science

Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2007–2010)

^{Preceded by: Third Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: Demissionary Fourth Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Ministers	Wouter Bos Finance André Rouvoet Youth and Family

Ministers	Guusje ter Horst Interior and Kingdom Relations Maxime Verhagen Foreign Affairs Ernst Hirsch Ballin Justice Maria van der Hoeven Economic Affairs Eimert van Middelkoop Defence Ab Klink Health, Welfare and Sport Ronald Plasterk Education, Culture and Science Camiel Eurlings Transport, Public Works and Water Management Gerda Verburg Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Piet Hein Donner Social Affairs and Employment Jacqueline Cramer Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Ella Vogelaar Minister of Housing and Integration) (2007–2008 Eberhard van der Laan Minister of Housing and Integration) (from 2008 Bert Koenders International Development

State Secretaries	Ank Bijleveld Interior and Kingdom Relations Frans Timmermans Foreign Affairs Jan Kees de Jager Finance Nebahat Albayrak Justice Frank Heemskerk Economic Affairs Cees van der Knaap Defence) (2007 Jack de Vries Defence) (from 2007 Jet Bussemaker Health, Welfare and Sport Marja van Bijsterveldt Education, Culture and Science Sharon Dijksma Education, Culture and Science Tineke Huizinga Transport, Public Works and Water Management Ahmed Aboutaleb Social Affairs and Employment) (2007–2008 Jetta Klijnsma Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2008