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{{short description|Dutch politician}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| name = Piet Hein Donner
| image = Piet-hein-donner-portret.jpg
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| office = [[Vice-President of the Council of State (Netherlands)|Vice-President of the Council of State]]
| term_start = 1 February 2012
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| monarch = [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] <br/> [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]]
| predecessor = [[Herman Tjeenk Willink]]
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| office1 = [[List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands|Minister of the Interior <br/> and Kingdom Relations]]
| term_start1 = 14 October 2010
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| primeminister1 = [[Mark Rutte]]
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| office2 = [[List of Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands|Minister of Social Affairs and Employment]]
| term_start2 = 22 February 2007
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| primeminister2 = [[Jan Peter Balkenende]]
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| office3 = [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Member of the House of Representatives]]
| term_start3 = 30 November 2006
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| office4 = [[List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands|Minister of Justice]]
| term_start4 = 22 July 2002
| term_end4 = 21 September 2006
| primeminister4 = [[Jan Peter Balkenende]]
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| successor4 = [[Rita Verdonk]] <small>(''Ad interim'')</small>
| office5 = [[Council of State (Netherlands)|Member of the Council of State]]
| term_start5 = 22 December 1997
| term_end5 = 22 July 2002
| vicepresident5 = [[Herman Tjeenk Willink]]
| office6 = [[Scientific Council for Government Policy|Director of the Scientific Council <br/> for Government Policy]]
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| term_end6 = 22 December 1997
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| office7 = [[Scientific Council for Government Policy|Member of the Scientific <br/> Council for Government Policy]]
| 1blankname7 = {{nowrap|Director}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1948|10|20}}
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| nationality = [[Netherlands|Dutch]]
| party = [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] <br/> <small>(from 1980)</small>
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| spouse = {{marriage|Liesbeth Maria Quanjer|1973}}
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| father = [[André Donner]] (1918–1992)
| relatives = [[Jan Hein Donner]] (uncle) <br/> [[Jan Donner]] (grandfather)
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| alma_mater = [[Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|Free University Amsterdam]] <br/> <small>([[Bachelor of Laws]], [[Master of Laws]])</small> <br/> [[University of Michigan]] <br/> <small>([[Juris Doctor]])</small>
| occupation = [[Politician]] · [[Civil service|Civil servant]] · [[Jurist]] · [[Research|Researcher]] · [[Nonprofit organization|Nonprofit director]] · [[Professor]]
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'''Jan Pieter Hendrik "Piet Hein" Donner''' (born 20 October 1948) is a retired [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA) party and [[jurist]]. He was
==Early life and career==
The Donner family has produced a number of [[Calvinist]] [[judge]]s. Piet Hein Donner's father, [[André Donner]], was a judge at the [[European Court of Justice]] between 1958 and 1979, and was part of the government commission that looked into [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]]'s dealings with the [[Lockheed Corporation]]. His grandfather was [[Jan Donner]], who served as Minister of Justice for the [[Anti-Revolutionary Party]] in the [[first De Geer cabinet]] and was later president of the Dutch [[Supreme Court of the Netherlands|Supreme Court]]. His uncle [[Jan Hein Donner]] was a [[Grandmaster (chess)|chess grandmaster]] and author.
Donner attended a [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] in [[Amsterdam]] from March 1961 until May 1967 and applied at the [[Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]] in June 1967, majoring in [[Law]] and obtaining a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree in April 1969 before graduating with a [[Master of Laws]] degree in July 1973. During his study, he joined the student society L.A.N.X. in 1968. Donner applied at the [[University of Michigan]] in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] in September 1973 for a [[postgraduate education]] in Law, working as a student researcher before obtaining an [[Juris Doctor]] degree in July 1976. Donner worked as a civil servant from July 1976 until December 1997, for the department of Legal Affairs of the [[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy|Ministry of Economic Affairs]] from August 1976 until March 1981, as a [[paralegal]] for the office of Juridical Support of the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] from March 1981 until November 1984, and for the department of Public Law of the [[Ministry of Justice and Security|Ministry of Justice]] from November 1984 until January 1990. In December 1989 Donner was appointed as a member of the [[Scientific Council for Government Policy]] (WRR), taking office on 1 January 1990. In December 1992 Donner was nominated as director of the WRR, taking office on 1 January 1993. In December 1997 Donner was nominated as a member of the [[Council of State (Netherlands)|Council of State]]. He was installed as a Member of the Council of State, taking office on 22 December 1997, resigning as director of the WRR on the same day.
==Political career==
After the [[2002 Dutch general election|2002 general election]], Donner was appointed ''[[Formateur#Informateur|informateur]]'' for the [[2002 Dutch cabinet formation|cabinet formation]]. Following the cabinet formation, Donner was appointed as [[List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands|Minister of Justice]] in the [[first Balkenende cabinet]], taking office on 22 July 2002. The cabinet resigned just four months later on 16 October, and continued to serve in a [[Demissionary cabinet|demissionary]] capacity. After the succeeding [[2003 Dutch general election|2003 general election]], Donner retained his ministerial post in the [[second Balkenende cabinet]], which took office on 27 May 2003.
In 2006, Donner recorded a rap song together with Meester G to explain his point of view on the [[Drug policy of the Netherlands|Dutch soft-drug policy]] in response to a song by Gerd Leers, [[Mayor]] of [[Maastricht]] with punk band [[Heideroosjes]], which called for a more progressive policy which would not only regulate the selling of soft drugs, but also legalise their production.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.nu.nl/news/682688/11/'Don'_Donner_rapt_de_dope_van_straat.html 'Don' Donner rapt de dope van straat], NU.nl, 25 February 2006</ref>
The second Balkenende cabinet fell on 30 June 2006 after the Democrats 66 had lost confidence in [[List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands#List of Ministers without Portfolio|Minister for Integration and Asylum Affairs]] [[Rita Verdonk]], and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until 7 July, when it was replaced by the [[Caretaker government|caretaker]] [[third Balkenende cabinet]], with Donner remaining Minister of Justice.
On 13 September 2006, Donner was the subject of controversy when he suggested Islamic law could be established in the Netherlands by democratic means. He responded by a clarification that he was not advocating such a scenario but warning against it.<ref>[http://eurabia.blogse.nl/log/netherlands-minister-warns-islamic-law-could-happen-via-democracy.html Netherlands: Minister Warns Islamic Law Could Happen Via Democracy], Western Resistance, 13 September 2006</ref> In the same month, a [[Dutch Safety Board]] report into a [[Third Balkenende cabinet#Schiphol fire|fire at Schiphol Airport jail]] was released, condemning Dutch government officials.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5367056.stm Dutch ministers quit over blaze], BBC News, 21 September 2006</ref> Donner and [[List of Ministers of Infrastructure of the Netherlands#List of Ministers of Housing|Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment]] [[Sybilla Dekker]], as politically responsible cabinet members, resigned following the report's conclusions. Donner was succeeded by [[Ernst Hirsch Ballin]], who had been justice minister in the [[third Lubbers cabinet]].<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://nos.nl/artikel/57996-oudgedienden-op-justitie-en-vrom.html Oudgedienden op Justitie en VROM], NOS, 22 September 2006</ref>
Donner was elected to the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] in the [[2006 Dutch general election|2006 general election]], taking office on 30 November 2006. Following the [[2006–2007 Dutch cabinet formation|succeeding cabinet formation]], Donner was appointed [[List of Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands|Minister of Social Affairs and Employment]] in the [[fourth Balkenende cabinet]], taking office on 22 February 2007. This cabinet resigned on 20 February 2010 after tensions in the coalition over the extension of Dutch involvement in the [[Task Force Uruzgan]] mission of the [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF) in [[Afghanistan]], and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. In March 2010, Donner announced that he would not stand in the [[2010 Dutch general election|election of that year]]. Following the [[2010 Dutch cabinet formation|2010 cabinet formation]], Donner was appointed as [[List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands|Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations]] in the [[first Rutte cabinet]], taking office on 14 October 2010.
In December 2011 Donner was nominated as [[Vice-President of the Council of State (Netherlands)|Vice-President of the Council of State]]. He resigned as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations on 16 December 2011 and was installed as Vice-President of the Council of State on 1 February 2012, serving until 1 November 2018. Donner also served as a distinguished professor of [[Minority rights]] at [[Leiden University]], holding the Cleveringa Chair, from 1 September 2015 until 1 September 2016.<ref>[http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/07/piet_hein_donner_tipped_for_co.php Piet Hein Donner tipped for Council of State job], DutchNews, 6 July 2011</ref><ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.nu.nl/politiek/2694905/spies-volgt-donner-in-kabinet.html 'Spies volgt Donner op in kabinet'], NU.nl, 16 December 2011</ref><ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://nos.nl/artikel/322712-benoeming-spies-tot-minister-vrijdag-verwacht.html Benoeming Spies tot minister vrijdag verwacht], NOS, 16 December 2011</ref><ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://nos.nl/artikel/322863-donner-naar-raad-van-state.html Donner naar Raad van State], NOS, 16 December 2011</ref>
==Later activities==
Since his retirement, Donner has occupied numerous seats as nonprofit director for supervisory boards in the business and industry world and several international non-governmental organisations and research institutes, including the [[Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy]], the [[Rijksmuseum van Oudheden]], the [[Netherlands Atlantic Association]], the [[Royal Netherlands Historical Society]] and the [[Carnegie Foundation (Netherlands)|Carnegie Foundation]]. He also served on several state commissions on behalf of the government.
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