Ab Klink

Ab Klink


Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Netherlands
In office 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Hans Hoogervorst
Succeeded by	Edith Schippers
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 17 June 2010 – 6 September 2010
Member of the Senate
In office 10 June 2003 – 21 February 2007
Personal details
Born	Abraham Klink (1958-11-02) 2 November 1958 Stellendam, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal
Alma mater	Erasmus University Rotterdam (MA in sociology) Leiden University (PhD in law)
Occupation	Politician Civil servant
Religion	Protestant Church in the Netherlands

Abraham (Ab) Klink (born 2 November 1958 in Stellendam) is a former Dutch politician of Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He was Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet. He is since 2011 part-time professor at the Free University Amsterdam and became Member of the Board of Directors of Coöperatie VGZ in 2014.

Decorations

Knight - Order of Orange-Nassau

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

Government offices
Preceded by Hans Hoogervorst	Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport 2007-2010	Succeeded by Edith Schippers

Ministers of Health of the Netherlands

Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport

Joekes Suurhoff Beel Van Rooy Marijnen Veldkamp Roolvink Stuyt Vorrink Ginjaar Gardeniers-Berendsen Brinkman d'Ancona Borst Bomhoff De Geus Hoogervorst Klink Schippers

Demissionary Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2010)

^{Preceded by: Fourth Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: First Rutte cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	André Rouvoet Education, Culture and Science and Youth and Family

Ministers	Ernst Hirsch Ballin Interior and Kingdom Relations and Justice Maxime Verhagen Foreign Affairs and International Development Jan Kees de Jager Finance Maria van der Hoeven Economic Affairs Eimert van Middelkoop Defence and Housing and Integration Ab Klink Health, Welfare and Sport Camiel Eurlings Transport, Public Works and Water Management Gerda Verburg Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Piet Hein Donner Social Affairs and Employment Tineke Huizinga Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

State Secretaries	Ank Bijleveld Interior and Kingdom Relations Jack de Vries Defence Marja van Bijsterveldt Education, Culture and Science

Fourth Balkenende cabinet (2007–2010)

^{Preceded by: Third Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: Demissionary Fourth Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Ministers	Wouter Bos Finance André Rouvoet Youth and Family

Ministers	Guusje ter Horst Interior and Kingdom Relations Maxime Verhagen Foreign Affairs Ernst Hirsch Ballin Justice Maria van der Hoeven Economic Affairs Eimert van Middelkoop Defence Ab Klink Health, Welfare and Sport Ronald Plasterk Education, Culture and Science Camiel Eurlings Transport, Public Works and Water Management Gerda Verburg Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Piet Hein Donner Social Affairs and Employment Jacqueline Cramer Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Ella Vogelaar Minister of Housing and Integration) (2007–2008 Eberhard van der Laan Minister of Housing and Integration) (from 2008 Bert Koenders International Development

State Secretaries	Ank Bijleveld Interior and Kingdom Relations Frans Timmermans Foreign Affairs Jan Kees de Jager Finance Nebahat Albayrak Justice Frank Heemskerk Economic Affairs Cees van der Knaap Defence) (2007 Jack de Vries Defence) (from 2007 Jet Bussemaker Health, Welfare and Sport Marja van Bijsterveldt Education, Culture and Science Sharon Dijksma Education, Culture and Science Tineke Huizinga Transport, Public Works and Water Management Ahmed Aboutaleb Social Affairs and Employment) (2007–2008 Jetta Klijnsma Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2008

Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–2012

House of Representatives, 17 June 2010 - 19 September 2012

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD - 31)	Blok Aptroot Van Ark Azmani Van Beek Berckmoes-Duindam De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé <Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink> Dijkhoff Elias Harbers Hennis-Plasschaert Houwers Huizing <De Krom> Leegte De Liefde Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg Mulder Neppérus <Nicolaï> Van Nieuwenhuizen <Rutte> Schaart <Schippers> Snijder-Hazelhoff Van der Steur Straus Taverne <Teeven> <Weekers> Ziengs <Zijlstra>

Labour Party (PvdA - 30)	Samsom Albayrak Arib Bouwmeester Çelik <Cohen> Van Dam Van Dekken Dijksma Dijsselbloem Dikkers Eijsink Groot Hamer Heijnen Hilkens Jacobi Jadnanansing Klijnsma <Kraneveldt> Kuiken De Lange <Leerdam> Marcouch Monasch Plasterk Recourt Smeets <Spekman> Timmermans Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Wolbert

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA - 21)	Van Haersma Buma <Atsma> <Bijleveld> <Bijsterveldt> Biskop Blanksma-van den Heuvel Van Bochove Bruins Slot Çörüz Ferrier Haverkamp Van Hijum Holtackers <De Jager> <Joldersma> <Klink> Knops Koopmans Koppejan Omtzigt Ormel De Rouwe Smilde Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Van der Werf

Party for Freedom (PVV - 20)	Wilders Agema Beertema Van den Besselaar Bontes Bosma Van Dijck Dille Driessen Elissen Fritsma Gerbrands Graus Helder De Jong Van Klaveren Lucassen De Mos De Roon <Sharpe> Van Vliet

Socialist Party (SP - 15)	Roemer Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Van Gerven Gesthuizen Irrgang Jansen <Janssen> Karabulut Kooiman Leijten Van Raak Smits Ulenbelt De Wit

Democrats 66 (D66 - 10)	Pechtold Berndsen Dijkstra Hachchi Van der Ham Koolmees Koşer Kaya Schouw Van Veldhoven Verhoeven

GreenLeft (GL - 10)	Sap <Van den Berge> Braakhuis Dibi El Fassed Van Gent Grashoff <Halsema> Klaver Peters Van Tongeren Voortman

ChristianUnion (CU - 5)	Slob Ortega <Rouvoet> Schouten Voordewind Wiegman

Reformed Political Party (SGP - 2)	Van der Staaij Dijkgraaf

Party for the Animals (PvdD - 2)	Thieme <Hazekamp> Ouwehand

Independent 1 (I1 - 2)	Kortenoeven Hernandez

Independent 2 (I2 - 1)	Brinkman

Independent 3 (I3 - 1)	Van Bemmel

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the Speaker Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–present See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2006–2010 See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 65566145 LCCN: n88181711 ISNI: 0000 0000 2751 6315 GND: 172189616

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Ab Klink

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