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Herman Tjeenk Willink

Dutch politician (born 1942)

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Dutch politician (born 1942)

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	His Excellency
name	Herman Tjeenk Willink
image	Opdracht Financieel Dagblad , heer Tjeenk Willink , close en kop - NL-HaNA Anefo 933-3139 WM556 (cropped).jpg
caption	Tjeenk Willink in 1985
office	Vice-President of the Council of State
term_start	1 July 1997
term_end	1 February 2012
monarch	Beatrix
predecessor	Willem Scholten
successor	Piet Hein Donner
office1	President of the Senate
term_start1	11 June 1991
term_end1	11 March 1997
predecessor1	Piet Steenkamp
successor1	Frits Korthals Altes
office2	Member of the Senate
term_start2	23 June 1987
term_end2	11 March 1997
birth_name	Herman Diederik Tjeenk Willink
birth_date
birth_place	Amsterdam, Netherlands
nationality	Dutch
party	Labour Party (since 1966)
residence	The Hague, Netherlands
alma_mater	Leiden University (LL.B., LL.M)
occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Judge · Professor

| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

**Herman Diederik Tjeenk Willink ** (born 23 January 1942) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2012.

Tjeenk Willink served as a Member of the Senate from 23 June 1987 until 11 March 1997 and served as President of the Senate from 11 June 1991 until 11 March 1997. He resigned both positions when he was selected as the Vice-President of the Council of State taking office on 1 July 1997 and therefore the most important advisor to Queen Beatrix during that time.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment	Ribbon bar
[[File:Order of Orange-Nassau ribbon - Knight Grand Cross.svg	80px]]	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	1 February 2012	Elevated from Knight (15 March 1997)
[[File:Order of the House of Orange - Ribbon bar.svg	80px]]	Honorary Medal for Initiative and Ingenuity
of the Order of the House of Orange	Netherlands	9 December 2014
Honorific Titles
[[File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	75px]]	Minister of State	Netherlands	21 December 2012	Style of Excellency

Honorary degrees

University	Field	Country	Date	Comment
Erasmus University Rotterdam	Social science	Netherlands	1997
University of Amsterdam	Political science	Netherlands	2007

References

[http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/3949107/koninklijk-huis-verleent-tjeenk-willink-eretitel.html Koninklijk Huis verleent Tjeenk Willink eretitel] - website nu.nl
(21 December 2012). "Benoeming ministers van Staat". Rijksoverheid.

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