Cees van der Knaap

Cees van der Knaap

Cees van der Knaap, official Government portrait.
Mayor of Ede
Assumed office
21 January 2008
Preceded by Tineke Netelenbos
State Secretary for Defense
In office
22 July 2002  18 December 2007
Preceded by Henk van Hoof
Succeeded by Jack de Vries
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
30 November 2006  22 February 2007
In office
30 January 2003  27 May 2003
In office
19 May 1998  22 July 2002
Personal details
Born Cornelis van der Knaap
(1951-01-27) 27 January 1951
Bennekom, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Political party Christian Democratic Appeal
Religion Roman Catholic

Cornelis (Cees) van der Knaap (born 27 January 1951 in Bennekom) is a Dutch politician. He was State Secretary for Defense for the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

Biography

After attending a MULO school, Van der Knaap worked for Vroom & Dreesman. Between 1970 and 1975 he served as an enlisted soldier in the Royal Netherlands Army. After that he worked for the customs service. Since 1978 he has worked for the National Federation of Christian Trade Unions in the Netherlands, first as district board member, later as a member of the national board of the transport union. In 1992 he became a member of the national board of the federal trade union, first as coordinator working conditions, later as general secretary.

In 1998 Van der Knaap became a member of the House of Representatives for the Christian Democratic Appeal. In 2002 he became State Secretary for Defense in the First Balkenende cabinet, a post he has held until 2008, even though there were considerable mutations between the second Balkenende cabinet, the third cabinet Balkenende and the Fourth Balkenende cabinet. Van der Knaap is a trustee of Jan Peter Balkenende, and has been an important contact between the cabinet and the trade unions in times of crisis.

Van der Knaap has become mayor of Ede in 2008,[1] his successor as State Secretary was Jack de Vries.

References

  1. "Probleemjongeren op gesprek bij burgemeester" (in Dutch). De Gelderlander. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
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