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Piet Hein Donner
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| Born | October 20, 1948 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Political party | Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) |
Jan Pieter Hendrik Donner (born October 20, 1948 in Amsterdam) is DutchMinister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet as member of the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He previously served as Minister of Justice in the third, second and first Balkenende cabinet and was member of the Dutch Council of State.
The Donner family is one of justices. Piet Hein Donner's father, André Donner, was a judge of the European Court of Justice in the period 1958-1979 and was part of the government commission that looked into the dealings of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands with the Lockheed Corporation. His grandfather was Jan Donner, who served as Minister of Justice for the Anti Revolutionary Party in the first cabinet of Dirk Jan de Geer and was later president of the Hoge Raad, the supreme body of judiciary review in the Netherlands.
Piet Hein Donner studied law at the Free University of Amsterdam, obtaining a degree in 1974.
In 2006 Piet Hein Donner recorded a rap song together with Meester G to explain his point of view on the Dutch soft drug policy.[1] It was a reply to a song by mayor Gerd Leers of Maastricht (with punk band The Heideroosjes), who asks for a more progressive policy which would not only regulate the selling of soft drugs, but also legalise the production.
On September 13, 2006, Donner was the subject of controversy when he suggested Islamic law could be established in the Netherlands by democratic means. He responded by a clarification that he was not advocating such a scenario but warning against it. [2] That same month, a report of the investigative commission into a fire at a Schiphol jail was released, condemning Dutch government officials.[3] Donner, as responsible justice minister, resigned in aftermath of the report's conclusions.[4] His successor is Ernst Hirsch Ballin, who was already justice minister in the third Lubbers cabinet.[5]
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| Preceded by Benk Korthals |
Dutch Minister of Justice 2002–2006 |
Succeeded by Ernst Hirsch Ballin |
- ^ 'Don' Donner rapt de dope van straat, Nu.nl, February 25, 2006
- ^ Netherlands: Minister Warns Islamic Law Could Happen Via Democracy, Western Resistance, September 13, 2006
- ^ Official failings led to deaths in Schiphol fire - report, Expatica, September 21, 2006
- ^ Dutch ministers quit over blaze, BBC News, September 21, 2006
- ^ Hirsch Ballin en Winsemius volgen ministers op, Elsevier, September 22, 2005
Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers: Wouter Bos (Finance) • André Rouvoet (Youth and Family)
Ministers: Guusje ter Horst (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Maxime Verhagen (Foreign Affairs) • Eimert van Middelkoop (Defense) • Maria van der Hoeven (Economic Affairs) • Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) • Gerda Verburg (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) • Ronald Plasterk (Education, Culture and Science) • Piet Hein Donner (Social Affairs and Employment) • Camiel Eurlings (Transportation and Water Management) • Ab Klink (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports) • Jacqueline Cramer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) • Ella Vogelaar (Minister of Housing and Integration) • Bert Koenders (International Development)
State Secretaries: Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) • Frans Timmermans (European Affairs) • Nebahat Albayrak (Justice) • Ank Bijleveld-Schouten (Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations) • Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) • Sharon Dijksma (Education, Culture and Science) • Cees van der Knaap (Defense) • Tineke Huizinga (Transport and Water Management) • Frank Heemskerk (Economic Affairs) • Ahmed Aboutaleb (Social Affairs and Employment) •Jet Bussemaker (Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports)