Gerrit Ybema

Gerrit Ybema

State Secretary for Economic Affairs (Netherlands)
In office August 3, 1998 – July 22, 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Anneke van Dok-van Weele
Succeeded by	Joop Wijn
Member of the House of Representatives
In office September 14, 1989 – August 3, 1998
Personal details
Born	Gerrit Ybema (1945-10-29)October 29, 1945 Schettens, Netherlands
Died	February 15, 2012(2012-02-15) (aged 66) Uitwellingerga, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Democrats 66
Spouse(s)	Johanna Henderika Andela (until 1974) Jelske Hekstra (until 2012)
Alma mater	University of Groningen (M.Sc. in Economics)
Occupation	Politician Civil servant Management consultant Entrepreneur
Religion	Protestant Church in the Netherlands

Gerrit Ybema (29 October 1945 – 15 February 2012) was a Dutch politician in the Democrats 66 (D66) party. He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 14 September 1989 to 3 August 1998, when he became State Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Second Kok cabinet, serving until July 22, 2002.

Born in Schettens, Ybema studied economics at University of Groningen. He graduated cum laude in 1977. After working at Enschede municipality, he moved to Friesland province in 1986 to become advisor to its Gedeputeerde Staten.

He was member of political party Democraten 66 and was elected to the municipal council of Leeuwarden. In 1989 he was elected to the House of Representatives. In his latter years, Ybema owned a consultancy company named Ybema Economy Solutions.

Personal life

Ybema was married and lived in the Frisian village Uitwellingerga. He had three children with his first wife and another two with his second.

Decorations

Order of Oranje-Nassau
- Knight (December 10, 2002)

Notes

References

Parlement.com biography

Government offices
Preceded by Anneke van Dok-van Weele	State Secretary for Economic Affairs 1998-2002	Succeeded by Joop Wijn

Second Kok cabinet (1998–2002)

^{Preceded by: First Kok cabinet · Succeeded by: First Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Wim Kok (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Ministers	Annemarie Jorritsma (Economic Affairs) Els Borst (Health, Welfare and Sport)

Ministers	Bram Peper (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (1998–2000) Roger van Boxtel (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (acting) Klaas de Vries (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2000–2002) Jozias van Aartsen (Foreign Affairs) Gerrit Zalm (Finance) Benk Korthals (Justice) Frank de Grave (Defence) Loek Hermans (Education, Culture and Science) Tineke Netelenbos (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Haijo Apotheker (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1998–1999) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1999–2002) Klaas de Vries (Social Affairs and Employment) (1998–2000) Willem Vermeend (Social Affairs and Employment) (2000–2002) Jan Pronk (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Minister without portfolio	Roger van Boxtel (Large Cities and Integration) Eveline Herfkens (Development Cooperation)

State Secretaries	Gijs de Vries (Interior and Kingdom Relations) Dick Benschop (Foreign Affairs) Willem Vermeend (Finance) (1998–2000) Wouter Bos (Finance) (2000–2002) Job Cohen (Justice) (1998–2000) Ella Kalsbeek (Justice) (2001) Gerrit Ybema (Economic Affairs) Henk van Hoof (Defence) Margo Vliegenthart (Health, Welfare and Sport) Karin Adelmund (Education, Culture and Science) Rick van der Ploeg (Education, Culture and Science) Monique de Vries (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Geke Faber (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Hans Hoogervorst (Social Affairs and Employment) Annelies Verstand (Social Affairs and Employment) Johan Remkes (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

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