Job Cohen

His Excellency Job Cohen
Job Cohen in 2010
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 17 June 2010 – 29 February 2012
Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 17 June 2010 – 20 February 2012
Preceded by	Mariëtte Hamer
Succeeded by	Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Leader of the Labour Party
In office 25 April 2010 – 20 February 2012
Preceded by	Wouter Bos
Succeeded by	Diederik Samsom
Mayor of Amsterdam
In office 15 January 2001 – 12 March 2010
Preceded by	Schelto Patijn
Succeeded by	Lodewijk Asscher (Ad interim)
Undersecretary for Justice of the Netherlands
In office 3 August 1998 – 1 January 2001
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Elizabeth Schmitz
Succeeded by	Ella Kalsbeek
Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the Senate of the Netherlands
In office 1 August 1996 – 3 August 1998
Preceded by	Joop van den Berg
Succeeded by	Johan Stekelenburg
Member of the Senate of the Netherlands
In office 13 June 1995 – 3 August 1998
Undersecretary for Education and Sciences of the Netherlands
In office 2 July 1993 – 22 August 1994
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Roel in 't Veld
Succeeded by	Tineke Netelenbos
Personal details
Born	Marius Job Cohen (1947-10-18) 18 October 1947 (age 69) Haarlem, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Labour Party (from 1967)
Spouse(s)	Lidie Cohen (m. 1972; d. 2015) Anjes van der Linden (m. 2016)
Children	Jaap Cohen (born 1980) Lotje Cohen (born 1983)
Residence	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Groningen (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) Leiden University (Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician Jurist Researcher Nonprofit director Professor

Marius Job Cohen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːrijɵs ˈjɔp koːˈɦɛn]; born 18 October 1947) is a retired Dutch politician who served as Mayor of Amsterdam from 2001 to 2010 and as Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2010 to 2012. Cohen is known as a consensus builder and mediator, and as an advocate of social integration.

Cohen a jurist by occupation, worked as a researcher for the Leiden University from 1971 until 1981 and for the State University of Limburg from 1981 until 1983. Cohen became a professor of jurisprudence at the State University of Limburg in 1983 and was appointed as rector of the State University of Limburg in 1991.

In 1993 Cohen was asked by the Labour Party to become Undersecretary for Education and Sciences in the Cabinet Lubbers III under Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers following the resignation of Roel in 't Veld. Cohen accepted and resigned as rector and professor the same day he took office as the new Undersecretary for Education and Sciences on 2 July 1993. After the Dutch general election of 1994 Cohen was asked to become Minister of Education and Science in the Cabinet Kok I under Prime Minister Wim Kok but refused after his wife was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis.