Johan Remkes

Johannes Wijnandus "Johan" Remkes (born 15 June 1951) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman. He has been serving as the acting Mayor of The Hague since 12 October 2019.[1]

Johan Remkes
Johan Remkes in 2010
Mayor of The Hague Acting
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2019
Preceded by	Pauline Krikke Boudewijn Revis (Acting)
Succeeded by	Jan van Zanen (Designate)
King's Commissioner of North Holland
In office 1 July 2010 – 1 January 2019
Monarch	Beatrix (2010–2013) Willem-Alexander (2013–2019)
Preceded by	Elisabeth Post (Ad interim)
Succeeded by	Arthur van Dijk
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations
In office 22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Klaas de Vries
Succeeded by	Guusje ter Horst
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In office 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 Serving with Eduard Bomhoff (2002) Roelf de Boer (2002–2003)
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Annemarie Jorritsma Els Borst
Succeeded by	Gerrit Zalm Thom de Graaf
State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
In office 3 August 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Dick Tommel
Succeeded by	Pieter van Geel
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 30 November 2006 – 17 June 2010
In office 30 January 2003 – 27 May 2003
In office 23 May 2002 – 22 July 2002
In office 26 October 1993 – 3 August 1998
Parliamentary group	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Personal details
Born	Johannes Wijnandus Remkes (1951-06-15) 15 June 1951 Zuidbroek, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1973)
Spouse(s)	Nicolette Pinkster (m. 1984)
Residence	Haarlem, Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Groningen (Bachelor of Economics)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

Remkes applied at the University of Groningen in June 1970 majoring in Economics and obtaining a Bachelor of Economics degree in June 1972. Remkes served on the Municipal Council of Groningen from April 1978 until May 1982 and served on the Provincial-Council of Groningen from May 1978 until October 1993 and as a member of the Provincial-Executive of Groningen from May 1982 until October 1993 and served again on the Municipal Council of Groningen from May 1994 until July 1996.

Remkes became a Member of the House of Representatives after the resignation of Nell Ginjaar-Maas, taking office on 26 October 1993. After the election of 1998 Remkes was appointed as State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Cabinet Kok II, taking office on 3 August 1998. The Cabinet Kok II resigned on 16 April 2002 following the conclusions of the NIOD report into the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian War and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. After the election of 2002 Remkes returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 23 May 2002. Following the cabinet formation of 2002 Remkes was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Balkenende I, taking office on 22 July 2002. The Cabinet Balkenende I fell just four months later on 16 October 2002 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. After the election of 2003 Remkes again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 30 January 2003. Following the cabinet formation of 2003 Remkes continued as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Balkenende II, taking office on 27 May 2003. The Cabinet Balkenende II fell on 30 June 2006 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Balkenende III with Remkes remaining as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, taking office on 7 July 2006. After the election of 2006 Remkes once again returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 30 November 2006. The Cabinet Balkenende III was replaced by the Cabinet Balkenende IV following the cabinet formation of 2007 on 22 February 2007 and he continued to serve in the House of Representatives as a frontbencher. In March 2010 Remkes announced that he wouldn't stand for the election of 2010 and continued to serve until the end of the parliamentary term on 17 June 2010.

Remkes remained in active politics, in June 2010 he was nominated as the next Queen's Commissioner of North Holland, serving from 1 July 2010 until 1 January 2019. He also served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government (Parliamentary Reform Commission, Council for Public Administration, Advisory Council for Spatial Planning and the Van Thijn Commission). After his retirement Remkes occupies numerous seats as a corporate director and nonprofit director for supervisory boards in the business and industry world and several international non-governmental organizations and research institutes (Martini Hospital, Verwey-Jonker Institute and the Parliamentary Documentation Center).[2]