Ed Nijpels
Eduardus Hermannus Theresia Maria "Ed" Nijpels (born 1 April 1950) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman. He is a Member of the Social and Economic Council since 15 August 2014.[1]
Nijpels applied at the Radboud University Nijmegen in June 1968 majoring in Civil law and obtaining an Bachelor of Science in Law degree in July 1970 before graduating with an Master of Studies in Law degree in July 1974. Nijpels served as Chairman of the Executive Board of the political youth organisation Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy (JOVD) from February 1974 until November 1975. Nijpels worked as a civics teacher at the Gertrudis College in Roosendaal from August 1974 until June 1977. Nijpels served on the Municipal Council of Bergen op Zoom from April 1976 until April 1982.
Nijpels was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1977, taking office on 8 June 1977 serving as a frontbencher chairing the parliamentary committee for Law enforcement and the special parliamentary committee for Gambling Reforms and spokesperson for Justice, Ombudsman and deputy spokesperson for Law enforcement, Social Affairs, Emergency Management, Welfare and Minorities. After the Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives Hans Wiegel unexpectedly announced he was stepping down as Leader and Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, he endorsed Nijpels as his successor, Nijpels accepted and became the Leader and Parliamentary leader, taking office on 20 April 1982. For the election of 1982 Nijpels served as Lijsttrekker (top candidate). The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy made a large win, gaining 10 seats and now had 36 seats in the House of Representatives. The following cabinet formation of 1982 resulted in a coalition agreement between the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) which formed the Cabinet Lubbers I with Nijpels opting to remain in the House of Representatives instead of accepting a cabinet post in the new cabinet and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as Parliamentary leader. For the election of 1986 Nijpels again served as Lijsttrekker. The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy suffered a big loss, losing 9 seats and now had 27 seats in the House of Representatives. On 25 May 1986 shortly after the election Nijpels announced he was stepping down as Leader and Parliamentary leader taking responsibility for the defeat. The Following cabinet formation of 1986 resulted in a continuation of the coalition agreement between the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Christian Democratic Appeal which formed the Cabinet Lubbers II with Nijpels appointed as Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, taking office on 14 July 1986. The Cabinet Lubbers II fell on 3 May 1989 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. After the election of 1989 Nijpels returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 14 September 1989 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Housing and Spatial Planning, Environmental Policies, Nature and deputy spokesperson for Social Work, Welfare and Culture. The Cabinet Lubbers II was replaced by the Cabinet Lubbers III following the cabinet formation of 1982 on 7 November 1989. Nijpels also worked as a television presenter for the TROS from December 1989 until April 1990.[2]
In March 1990 Nijpels was nominated as Mayor of Breda, he was installed as Mayor, taking office on 1 April 1990 and resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives on 4 April 1990. In June 1995 Nijpels was appointment as Director-General of the Occupational Health Service Agency of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, he resigned as Mayor the same day he was installed as Director-General on 1 July 1995. In December 1998 Nijpels was nominated as the Queen's Commissioner of Friesland, he resigned as Director-General the same day he was installed as Queen's Commissioner, serving from 1 January 1999 until 1 May 2008. Nijpels also became active in the private sector and public sector and occupied numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director on several boards of directors and supervisory boards (DSB Bank, World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands, Zilveren Kruis, DSM Company, Bosschap association, Institute for Multiparty Democracy, Ronald McDonald House Charities Netherlands, Heeren Zeventien Friesland and SHV Holdings) and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Public Pension Funds APB, Probation Agency, Council for Culture, Cadastre Agency and the Advisory Council for Spatial Planning).
Nijpels semi-retired from active politics but remained active in the private sector and public sector and continued to occupy numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director (Environment Central Foundation, Climate Council, ProDemos and the International Architecture Biennal Rotterdam) and as an advocate, activist and lobbyist for Environmentalism, Sustainable development, Conservation and Climate change. Nijpels also works as a trade association executive for the Industry and Employers confederation (VNO-NCW) and the Engineering association serving as Chairman of the Executive Board from May 2008 until May 2015 and the GeoBusiness association serving as Chairman of the Executive Board since 1 September 2009 and worked as media administrator for the public broadcaster TROS serving as Chairman of the Supervisory board from 1 June 2008 until 7 September 2014 and its successor AVROTROS as Chairman of the Supervisory board since 7 September 2014.[3][4]
Decorations
Honours | ||||
Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
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Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Netherlands | 20 November 1989 | |
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Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 20 May 2008 | |
References
- "Ed Nijpels voorzitter AvroTros" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- "De VVD van Nijpels" (in Dutch). Andere Tijden. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- "Ed Nijpels: "Klimaatakkoord heel dichtbij"" (in Dutch). Klimaatakkoord.nl. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- "Ed Nijpels nieuwe voorzitter Raad van Toezicht ProDemos" (in Dutch). ProDemos. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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- (in Dutch) Drs. E.H.Th.M. (Ed) Nijpels Parlement & Politiek
Party political offices | ||
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Preceded by Hans Wiegel 1981 |
Lijsttrekker of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1982 • 1986 |
Succeeded by Joris Voorhoeve 1989 |
Preceded by Hans Wiegel |
Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1982–1986 |
Succeeded by Rudolf de Korte |
Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives 1982–1986 |
Succeeded by Joris Voorhoeve | |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Pieter Winsemius |
Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment 1986–1989 |
Succeeded by Hans Alders |
Preceded by Frans Feij |
Mayor of Breda 1990–1995 |
Succeeded by Chris Rutten |
Preceded by Loek Hermans |
Queen's Commissioner of Friesland 1999–2008 |
Succeeded by John Jorritsma |
Civic offices | ||
Preceded by Unknown |
Director-General of the Occupational Health Service Agency of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment 1995–1999 |
Succeeded by Unknown |
Preceded by Albert-Jan Evenhuis |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Cadastre Agency 2001–2009 |
Succeeded by Sybilla Dekker |
Preceded by Aad Kosto |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Probation Agency 2007–2017 |
Succeeded by Liesbeth Spies |
Preceded by Elco Brinkman |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of Public Pension Funds APB 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by Harry Borghouts |
Preceded by Hans Alders |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Environment Central Foundation 2015–present |
Incumbent |
Preceded by Office established |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Climate Council 2018–present | |
Business positions | ||
Preceded by Unknown |
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory board of the DSB Bank 2004–2009 |
Succeeded by Office discontinued |
Preceded by Annemarie Jorritsma |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Bosschap association 2008–2014 |
Succeeded by Alfred Veltman |
Preceded by Office established |
Chairman of the Engineering association 2008–2015 |
Succeeded by Johan van den Elzen |
Preceded by Office established |
Chairman of the GeoBusiness association 2009–present |
Incumbent |
Non-profit organization positions | ||
Preceded by Roy Lantain |
Chairman of the Executive Board of the Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy 1974–1975 |
Succeeded by Johan Remkes |
Preceded by Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of the World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands 1990–1999 |
Succeeded by Hans Wijers |
Preceded by Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of Ronald McDonald House Charities Netherlands 1997–2013 |
Succeeded by Marja van Bijsterveldt |
Preceded by Elco Brinkman |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of International Architecture Biennal Rotterdam 2011–present |
Incumbent |
Preceded by Wim Deetman |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of ProDemos 2018–present | |
Media offices | ||
Preceded by Karel van Doodewaerd |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of TROS 2008–2014 |
Organisation merged |
Preceded by Office established |
Chairman of the Supervisory board of AVROTROS 2014–present |
Incumbent |