Piet Hein Donner: Difference between revisions

| honorific-prefix = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]

| name = Piet Hein Donner

| image = Piet-hein-donner-portret.jpg

| caption = Piet Hein = Donner in 2010

| office = [[Vice-President of the Council of State (Netherlands)|Vice-President of the Council of State]]

| term_start = 1 February 2012

| term_end = 1 November 2018

| monarch = [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] <br/> [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]]

| predecessor = [[Herman Tjeenk Willink]]

| successor = [[Thom de Graaf]]

| office1 = [[List of Ministers of the Interior of the Netherlands|Minister of the Interior <br/> and Kingdom Relations]]

| term_start1 = 14 October 2010

| term_end1 = 16 December 2011

| primeminister1 = [[Mark Rutte]]

| predecessor1 = [[Ernst Hirsch Ballin]]

| successor1 = [[Liesbeth Spies]]

| office2 = [[List of Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands|Minister of Social Affairs and Employment]]

| term_start2 = 22 February 2007

| term_end2 = 14 October 2010

| primeminister2 = [[Jan Peter Balkenende]]

| predecessor2 = [[Aart Jan de Geus]]

| successor2 = [[Henk Kamp]]

| office3 = [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|Member of the House of Representatives]]

| term_start3 = 30 November 2006

| term_end3 = 22 February 2007

| 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]]

| predecessor4 = [[Benk Korthals]]

| 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]]

| term_start6 = 1 January 1993

| term_end6 = 22 December 1997

| predecessor6 = [[Frans Rutten]]

| successor6 = [[Michiel Scheltema]]

| office7 = [[Scientific Council for Government Policy|Member of the Scientific <br/> Council for Government Policy]]

| 1blankname7 = {{nowrap|Director}}

| 1namedata7 = Frans Rutten

| term_start7 = 1 January 1990

| term_end7 = 1 January 1993

| birthname = Jan Pieter Hendrik Donner

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1948|10|20}}

| birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = [[Netherlands|Dutch]]

| party = [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] <br/> <small>(from 1980)</small>

| otherparty = [[Anti-Revolutionary Party]] <br/> <small>(until 1980)</small>

| spouse = {{marriage|Liesbeth Maria Quanjer|1973}}

| children = 3 sons

| father = [[André Donner]] (1918–1992)

| relatives = [[Jan Hein Donner]] (uncle) <br/> [[Jan Donner]] (grandfather)

| residence = [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]

| 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 granted the honorary title of [[Minister of State (Netherlands)|Minister of State]] on 21 December 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2018/12/21/benoeming-minister-van-staat|title=Benoeming minister van Staat|publisher=Rijksoverheid|date=21 December 2018|access-date=22 December 2018|language=nl}}</ref>

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.

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 [[:nl:Staatscommissie|state commissions]] on behalf of the government.

[[Category:Academic staff of Leiden University faculty]]

[[Category:Ministers of Justicejustice of the Netherlands]]