Hugo de Jonge

Hugo Mattheüs de Jonge (born 26 September 1977) is a Dutch politician and is Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport since 26 October 2017 in the Third Rutte cabinet. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

In this Dutch name, the family name is De Jonge, not Jonge.
His Excellency

Hugo de Jonge
De Jonge in 2019
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Assumed office
26 October 2017
Serving with Kajsa Ollongren
and Carola Schouten
Wouter Koolmees (2019–2020)
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byLodewijk Asscher
Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
Assumed office
26 October 2017
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byEdith Schippers
Personal details
Born
Hugo Mattheüs de Jonge

(1977-09-26) 26 September 1977
Bruinisse, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal
ResidenceRotterdam, Netherlands
OccupationPolitician, civil servant

Biography

De Jonge studied at the Ichthus Hogeschool in Rotterdam to become a teacher in primary education and then continued in Zwolle a study for school management, which he completed with a diploma "school leader primary education".

De Jonge worked in education for five years, first as a school teacher and eventually as deputy director of a primary school.[1] He made a switch to national policy by working as a policy assistant for the CDA group in the House of Representatives in 2004. Between 2006 and 2010 he worked at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science as political assistant of the CDA Minister Maria van der Hoeven and State Secretary Marja van Bijsterveldt and as a policy assistant with a focus on quality improvement of the secondary education.[2]

Alderman

In 2010, De Jonge was appointed as alderman with the portfolio of Education, Youth and Family in Rotterdam. As such, he argued in 2013 on national television for the closing of the Islamic school association Ibn Ghaldoun after a number of problems came to light.[3][4]

After the municipal elections of 2014, De Jonge was appointed again as alderman, with the Healthcare portfolio. The same year he was announced as the Politician of the Year in Rotterdam.[5] In October 2016, he announced a programme to persuade parents that are considered vulnerable to consider voluntary birth control.[6] As he left the Rotterdam politics in October 2017, he was awarded the municipal Wolfert van Borselenpenning.[7]

Minister

In October 2017, De Jonge was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Third Rutte cabinet.[8] During the administration of the oath and installation of the new Ministers, De Jonge received media attention because of his unusual choice of shoes, receiving both criticism and praise.[9][7]

After the resignation of Bruno Bruins as Minister for Medical Care on 19 March 2020, De Jonge became responsible for the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] In this capacity, he initiated the development of a COVID-19 app.[1]

On 18 June 2020, De Jonge announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Christian Democratic Appeal, which had been vacant since the resignation of Sybrand van Haersma Buma in May 2019.[11] In his announcement, De Jonge expressed his commitment to the political centre, seeing the CDA as a "broad people's party". He is seen as economically less on the right wing of his party than previous leaders, having previously called for the market and competition in healthcare to be restrained.[1][12] He has also expressed the belief that his party should not cooperate with the far-right populist parties Party for Freedom and Forum for Democracy.[13]

References
  1. "Hugo de Jonge: van onderwijzer tot mogelijke CDA-leider". NOS (in Dutch). 18 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. "Hugo de Jonge nieuwe minister op VWS" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  3. "'Sluiting Ibn Ghaldoun onvermijdelijk' - Binnenland - PAROOL". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  4. "Ook PvdA wil Ibn Ghaldoun sluiten". RTL Nieuws. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. "Cookies op AD.nl | AD.nl". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  6. Graaf, Peter de. "'Verplicht kwetsbare ouder tot tijdelijke anticonceptie' - Binnenland - Voor nieuws, achtergronden en columns". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  7. "Hoogste onderscheiding én schoenen voor De Jonge bij afscheid" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  8. "Het is officieel: dit worden de nieuwe ministers en staatssecretarissen van Rutte III". RTL Nieuws. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  9. "Ophef over Portugese schoenen van vicepremier De Jonge: 'Niet gepast'". RTL Nieuws. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  10. "PvdA'er Martin van Rijn volgt Bruins tijdelijk op als minister voor Medische Zorg". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  11. "Hugo de Jonge wil lijsttrekker van het CDA worden". NOS (in Dutch). 18 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  12. "Minister De Jonge: 'Marktwerking in de zorg is doorgeslagen'". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  13. "Hugo de Jonge: CDA moet niet met FvD in zee". AD.nl (in Dutch). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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