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'''Jan Pieter Hendrik "Piet Hein" Donner''' (born 20 October 1948) is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician of the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] (CDA). He has been the [[Council of State (Netherlands)|Vice-President of the Council of State]] since 1 February 2012.

 

The Donner family has produced a number of [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] [[judge]]s. Piet Hein Donner's father, [[André Donner]], was a judge at the [[European Court of Justice]] in 1958-1979 and was part of the government commission that looked into [[Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands]]'s dealing with the [[Lockheed Corporation]]. His grandfather was [[Jan Donner]], who served as Minister of Justice for the [[Anti Revolutionary Party]] in the first cabinet of [[Dirk Jan de Geer]] and was later president of the Dutch [[Supreme Court of the Netherlands|Supreme Court]]. His uncle [[Jan Hein Donner]], however, was a [[Grandmaster (chess)|chess grandmaster]] and author. Piet Hein Donner studied [[Law]] at the [[Free University of Amsterdam]], obtaining a degree in 1974. During his study, he joined the student society L.A.N.X. in 1968.