Hans Hillen

Hans Hillen


Minister of Defence
In office October 14, 2010 – November 5, 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Eimert van Middelkoop
Succeeded by	Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Member of the Senate
In office June 27, 2007 – October 17, 2010
Member of the House of Representatives
In office March 20, 1990 – May 23, 2002
Personal details
Born	Johannes Stefanus Joseph Hillen (1947-06-17) June 17, 1947 The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal
Residence	Hilversum, Netherlands
Alma mater	Utrecht University (M.A.)
Occupation	Politician Civil servant Journalist Columnist Teacher
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website	Ministry of Defence

Johannes Stefanus Joseph "Hans" Hillen (born June 17, 1947) is a former Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Minister of Defence in the Cabinet Rutte I from 2010 to 2012.

Biography

Early life

Hillen studied sociology at Utrecht University. He has been a (sports) journalist for the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), teacher and civil servant (in the eighties he was spokesman of minister of Finance Onno Ruding and defender of his outspoken budget cuts) before entering in politics

Politics

From 1990 till 2002 he was a member of the House of Representatives and from 2007 till 2010 a member of the Senate. From October 14, 2010 to November 5, 2012 he was minister of Defence.^[1] He is in favor of a strong defence and close ties with NATO.

Other activities

From 2003 till 2007 Hillen was president of CVZ, the Dutch council for the healthcare, and from 2005 till 2010 a member of the executive board of the Dutch employers' organization VNO-NCW. He also did some writing, he wrote columns for Elsevier and Katholiek Nieuwsblad.

Furthermore he is involved in the Edmund Burke Foundation, a Dutch conservative think tank. In 2004 he left the advisory council because a conflict of opinion with prominent co-member Bart Jan Spruyt, who wanted to found a new political party with Geert Wilders.

Personal life

Hillen is married and resides in Hilversum. He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Decorations

Order of Orange-Nassau
- Knight (May 22, 2002)

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

↑ His father worked in the army.

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Government offices
Preceded by Eimert van Middelkoop	Minister of Defence 2010-2012	Succeeded by Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands

Ministry of Defence

Lambooij Deckers Colijn Van Dijk Dijxhoorn Van Boeijen Furstner Van Lidth de Jeude De Booy De Quay Meynen Fiévez Schagen van Leeuwen Schokking s'Jacob Staf Van den Bergh De Quay Visser De Jong Den Toom De Koster Vredeling Stemerdink Kruisinga De Koning Scholten De Geus Van Mierlo De Ruiter Van Eekelen Bukman Bolkestein Ter Beek Voorhoeve De Grave Korthals Kamp Van Middelkoop Hillen Hennis-Plasschaert

First Rutte cabinet (2010–2012)

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

Prime Minister	Mark Rutte General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	Maxime Verhagen Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation

Ministers	Piet Hein Donner Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2010–2011 Liesbeth Spies Interior and Kingdom Relations) (from 2011 Uri Rosenthal Foreign Affairs Jan Kees de Jager Finance Ivo Opstelten Security and Justice Hans Hillen Defence Edith Schippers Health, Welfare and Sport Marja van Bijsterveldt Education, Culture and Science Melanie Schultz van Haegen Infrastructure and the Environment Henk Kamp Social Affairs and Employment

Minister without portfolio	Gerd Leers Immigration, Integration and Asylum Affairs

State Secretaries	Ben Knapen Foreign Affairs Frans Weekers Finance Fred Teeven Security and Justice Henk Bleker Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten Health, Welfare and Sport Halbe Zijlstra Education, Culture and Science Joop Atsma Infrastructure and the Environment Paul de Krom Social Affairs and Employment

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