Johan Remkes

Johan Remkes
Remkes in 2010
King's Commissioner of Limburg
Acting
In office 19 April 2021 – 1 December 2021
Monarch	Willem-Alexander
Preceded by	Theo Bovens
Succeeded by	Emile Roemer
Mayor of The Hague
Acting
In office 11 October 2019 – 1 July 2020
Preceded by	Boudewijn Revis (ad interim)
Succeeded by	Jan van Zanen
King's Commissioner of North Holland
In office 1 July 2010 – 1 January 2019
Monarchs	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
Personal details
Born	Johannes Wijnandus Remkes (1951-06-15) 15 June 1951 (age 73) Zuidbroek, Netherlands
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (from 1973)
Spouse	Nicolette Pinkster ​ (m. 1984)​
Residence	Haarlem
Alma mater	University of Groningen (BEc)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

Johannes Wijnandus "Johan" Remkes (born 15 June 1951) is a Dutch politician and nonprofit director who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2003 under Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).^[1]

Remkes studied Economics at the University of Groningen obtaining a Bachelor of Economics degree. Remkes served as chairman of the political youth organisation JOVD from July 1975 until November 1977. Remkes worked as member of the Provincial-Executive of Groningen from May 1982 until October 1993. Remkes became a member of the House of Representatives on 26 October 1993 serving as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Housing. After the election of 1998 Remkes was appointed as State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment under the Second Kok cabinet taking office on 3 August 1998. After the election of 2002 Remkes was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the First Balkenende cabinet, which took office on 22 July 2002 but fell just 87 days into its term. After the election of 2003 Remkes continued as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Second Balkenende cabinet. The cabinet fell on 30 June 2006 and was replaced with the caretaker Third Balkenende cabinet with Remkes retaining his position. After the election of 2006 Remkes returned to the House of Representatives on 30 November 2006 and served as a frontbencher and spokesperson for the Interior. In March 2010, Remkes announced that he would not stand for the election of 2010 and declined to serve in new cabinet.

Remkes continued to be active in politics and in June 2010 was nominated as the next King's Commissioner of North Holland serving from 1 July 2010 until 1 January 2019. Remkes also became active in the public sector as non-profit director and serves on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government. In September 2019, Remkes was appointed as Acting Mayor of The Hague serving from 11 October 2019 until 1 July 2020.^[2]

From 19 April 2021 until 1 December 2021 Remkes was Acting King's Commissionner of Limburg.^[3]