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Jozias van Aartsen

Dutch politician (born 1947)

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Dutch politician (born 1947)

Field	Value
name	Jozias van Aartsen
image	Jozias-johannes-van-aartsen-1338540357.jpg
caption	Van Aartsen in 2012
office	Mayor of Amsterdam
status	Acting
term_start	4 December 2017
term_end	12 July 2018
predecessor	Eric van der Burg (ad interim)
successor	Femke Halsema
office1	King's Commissioner of Drenthe
status1	Acting
term_start1	19 April 2017
term_end1	1 December 2017
predecessor1	Jacques Tichelaar
successor1	Jetta Klijnsma
office2	Mayor of The Hague
term_start2	27 March 2008
term_end2	1 March 2017
predecessor2	Jetta Klijnsma (ad interim)
successor2	Tom de Bruijn (ad interim)
office3	Leader of the People's Party
for Freedom and Democracy
term_start3	27 November 2004
term_end3	8 March 2006
predecessor3	Gerrit Zalm
successor3	Mark Rutte
office4	Leader of the People's Party
for Freedom and Democracy
in the House of Representatives
term_start4	27 May 2003
term_end4	8 March 2006
predecessor4	Gerrit Zalm
successor4	Willibrord van Beek
office5	Minister of Foreign Affairs
term_start5	3 August 1998
term_end5	22 July 2002
primeminister5	Wim Kok
predecessor5	Hans van Mierlo
successor5	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
office7	Member of the House of Representatives
term_start7	23 May 2002
term_end7	30 November 2006
term_start8	19 May 1998
term_end8	3 August 1998
office6	Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries
term_start6	22 August 1994
term_end6	3 August 1998
primeminister6	Wim Kok
predecessor6	Piet Bukman
successor6	Haijo Apotheker
birthname	Jozias Johannes van Aartsen
birth_date
birth_place	The Hague, Netherlands
party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (since 1968)
spouse
children	3 children
father	Jan van Aartsen (1909–1992)
residence	The Hague, Netherlands
alma_mater	Free University Amsterdam
(Bachelor of Laws)
occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Political consultant · Nonprofit director · Author
signature	Signature of Jozias van Aartsen (Nice Treaty FA the Netherlands).png

|honorific-prefix = for Freedom and Democracy](leader-of-the-people-s-party-for-freedom-and-democracy) for Freedom and Democracy](people-s-party-for-freedom-and-democracy) in the House of Representatives (Bachelor of Laws)

Jozias Johannes van Aartsen (; born 25 December 1947) is a retired Dutch politician who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy from 2004 to 2006.

A native of The Hague, he attended the Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet from April 1960 until May 1968 and applied at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in June 1968 majoring in Law and obtaining a Bachelor of Laws degree in July 1970. Van Aartsen served as Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries (1994–1998) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2002) under Prime Minister Wim Kok, as well as Mayor of The Hague from 2008 until 2017.

Early life

Jozias Johannes van Aartsen was born on 25 December 1947 in The Hague, son of Jan van Aartsen, a politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP). He served as Minister of Transport and Water Management, Minister of Housing and Construction and Queen's Commissioner of Zeeland. After completing the Gymnasium-a he studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. At the age of 22 van Aartsen moved to The Hague to work in politics.

Politics

Mayor of the Hague Jozias van Aartsen, Director Benno Tempel and [[President of the United States]] [[Barack Obama]] during a visit at the [[Gemeentemuseum Den Haag]] on 25 March 2014.

When Hans Wiegel became party leader, in 1971, Van Aartsen was asked to work for Wiegel as employee of the party in the House of Representatives. In 1974 he became director-general of the Telders Foundation, the scientific institute of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. Van Aartsen worked as a political consultant for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy from July 1970 until August 1974 and as the director of the Telders Foundation think tank from August 1974 until February 1979. Van Aartsen worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of the Interior from February 1979 until August 1994 as Deputy Director-General of the department for Administrative Affairs from February 1979 until April 1981 and as Director-General of the department for Administrative Affairs from April 1981 until July 1983 and as Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Interior from July 1983 until January 1985 and as Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Interior from January 1985 until August 1994.

In 1978 Van Aartsen became Chef de Bureau of the Secretary General of Interior. He did this under Ministers Rietkerk, Van Dijk, De Korte, De Koning, Dales and De Graaf. In 1985 he became Secretary General of Interior himself. After the election of 1994 he was made the Minister of Agriculture from 1994 to 1998 in the First Kok cabinet. After the election of 1998 in the Second Kok cabinet he was made the Minister of Foreign Affairs. When the cabinet fell as a direct result of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies report about the fall of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War, he became parliamentary leader in the lower house of the States General.

On 1 April 2004 an attempt was made to run over Van Aartsen by a car when he and a co-worker were doing a photo shoot in front of Hotel Des Indes in The Hague. Van Aartsen was not hurt but the co-worker did sustain a shoulder injury. The assailant, a 41-year-old lawyer by the name of Frederiek de Jongh and an employee of Bureau Rechtshulp in Utrecht confessed her action was politically motivated.

Van Aartsen stepped down as VVD Leader in 2006; in a letter to the newly elected party leader Mark Rutte, he however expressed his disappointment with the demise of the Second Balkenende cabinet which in his view was uncalled for. He also warned for VVD interparty warring between a populist fraction with a no-nonsense attitude and focus on tax cuts and law and order and a liberal fraction focused on personal freedoms, rule of law, international orientation and education. Jozias van Aartsen is a member of the Bilderberg Group.

He served as Mayor of The Hague from 2008 to 2017. He then took two acting positions: as King's Commissioner of the province of Drenthe and as Mayor of the capital Amsterdam.

Personal life

Van Aartsen retired from national politics but has remained active in the public sector and continues to occupy numerous seats as a nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government.

Van Aartsen is known for his abilities as a manager and debater. Van Aartsen continues to comment on political affairs as of and holds the distinction as the only person who served as both Mayor of The Hague and Mayor of Amsterdam. His father Jan van Aartsen was also a politician who served as Minister of Transport and Water Management and Minister of Housing and Construction.

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
[[File:Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight.svg	80px]]	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	1 August 1994
[[File:BEL Order of Leopold II - Grand Cross BAR.png	80px]]	Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II	Belgium	15 April 2000
[[File:Ordre de la couronne de Chene GO ribbon.svg	80px]]	Grand Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown	Luxembourg	30 November 2000
[[File:ESP Isabella Catholic Order GC.svg	80px]]	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic	Spain	19 October 2001
[[File:NLD Order of Orange-Nassau - Grand Officer BAR.png	80px]]	Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	1 March 2017	Elevated from Officer (10 December 2002)

Notes

References

{{in lang. nl [http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Vanaartsen/000904a.html Schoktherapeut in een mooi Haags streepjespak], NRC, 4 September 2000
{{in lang. nl [http://www.opzij.nl/WAD-Mediabank-pagina/Minister-Jozias-van-Aartsen-langs-de-Feministische-Meetlat.htm Minister Jozias van Aartsen langs de Feministische Meetlat], Opzij.nl, 1 October 2000
{{in lang. nl [http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2824/Politiek/article/detail/714677/2004/04/03/Verwarde-advocate-reed-met-opzet-Van-Aartsen-aan.dhtml Verwarde advocate reed met opzet Van Aartsen aan], Volkskrant, 4 April 2004.
[https://nos.nl/artikel/2201027-van-aartsen-waarnemend-burgemeester-amsterdam.html Van Aartsen waarnemend burgemeester in Amsterdam], nos.nl, 2 November 2017.
{{in lang. es [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2001/10/20/pdfs/A38632-38632.pdf REAL DECRETO 1143/2001] - Boletín Oficial del Estado

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