Piet Hein Donner
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His Excellency Piet Hein Donner |
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Piet Hein Donner in 2010
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| Vice-President of the Council of State | |
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Assumed office 1 February 2012 |
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| Monarch |
Beatrix (until 2013) Willem-Alexander (from 2013) |
| Preceded by | Herman Tjeenk Willink |
| Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations | |
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In office 14 October 2010 – 16 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Ernst Hirsch Ballin |
| Succeeded by | Liesbeth Spies |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Employment | |
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In office 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Aart Jan de Geus |
| Succeeded by | Henk Kamp |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 30 November 2006 – 22 February 2007 |
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| Minister of Justice | |
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In office 22 July 2002 – 21 September 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Benk Korthals |
| Succeeded by | Rita Verdonk |
| Member of the Council of State | |
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In office 22 December 1997 – 22 July 2002 |
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| Director of the Scientific Council for Government Policy | |
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In office 1 January 1993 – 22 December 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Frans Rutten |
| Succeeded by | Michiel Scheltema |
| Personal details | |
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Jan Pieter Hendrik Donner 20 October 1948 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal |
| Spouse(s) | Liesbeth Maria Quanjer (m. 1973) |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Residence | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Alma mater |
VU University Amsterdam (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) University of Michigan (Juris Doctor) |
| Occupation |
Politician Civil servant Jurist Professor |
| Religion |
Reformed (until 2004) Protestantism (from 2004) |
| Website | (Dutch) Council of State |
Jan Pieter Hendrik "Piet Hein" Donner (born 20 October 1948) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He is the Vice-President of the Council of State since 1 February 2012.
Donner a jurist and civil servant by occupation, worked for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Justice from 1976 until 1990 when he became a Member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy serving until 1993. Donner served as the Director of the Scientific Council for Government Policy from 1 January 1993 until 22 December 1997 when he became a Member of the Council of State. After the Dutch general election of 2002 Donner was asked by the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) to become informateur for the next cabinet. After a cabinet formation with the Christian Democratic Appeal, the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) a deal was struck that resulted in the Cabinet Balkenende I with Donner becoming Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende taking office on 22 July 2002. Donner remained Minister of Justice in the Cabinet Balkenende II following the Dutch general election of 2003. On 21 September 2006 Donner and the Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment Sybilla Dekker resigned in the wake of a Dutch Safety Board enquiry into a fire at a cell block near Schiphol Airport. Donner was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the Dutch general election of 2006 taking office on 30 November 2006. After the cabinet formation of the Cabinet Balkenende IV Donner was asked to become Minister of Social Affairs and Employment and took office on 22 February 2007. After the Dutch general election of 2010 a cabinet formation with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Christian Democratic Appeal resulted in the formation of the Cabinet Rutte I, Donner was asked to become Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under Prime Minister Mark Rutte and took office on 14 October 2010. On 16 December 2011 Donner was selected as the new Vice-President of the Council of State and resigned the same day, he took office on 1 February 2012.
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