Piet Hein Donner: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Piet Hein Donner

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

|imagesize = 250px

|term_start = 1 February 2012

|term_end = 1 November 2018

|predecessor = [[Herman Tjeenk Willink]]

|term_start1 = 14 October 2010

|term_end1 = 16 December 2011

|predecessor1 = [[Ernst Hirsch Ballin]]

|successor1 = [[Liesbeth Spies]]

|term_start2 = 22 February 2007

|term_end2 = 14 October 2010

|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

|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

}}

 

 

Donner a [[jurist]] by occupation, worked as a [[Civil service|civil servant]] for the [[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)|Ministry of Economic Affairs]] from 1976 until 1981 and for the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]] from 1981 until 1984 and for the [[Ministry of Justice and Security|Ministry of Justice]] from 1984 until 1990 when he became a [[Scientific Council for Government Policy|Member of the Scientific Council for Government Policy]]. Donner served as [[Scientific Council for Government Policy|Director of the Scientific Council for Government Policy]] from 1 January 1993 until 22 December 1997 when he became a [[Council of State (Netherlands)|Member of the Council of State]]. After the [[Dutch general election, 2002|election of 2002]] Donner was asked to become [[Formateur|informateur]] for the next cabinet. After a cabinet formation with the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]], the [[Pim Fortuyn List]] (LPF) and the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD) a deal was struck that resulted in the [[First Balkenende cabinet|Cabinet Balkenende I]]. Donner was asked to become [[List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands|Minister of Justice]] in the Cabinet, Donner accepted and resigned as a [[Council of State (Netherlands)|Member of the Council of State]] the same day he took office as the new [[List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands|Minister of Justice]] on 22 July 2002.

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>{{en icon}} [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>

That same month, a report of the investigative commission into a [[Netherlands_cabinet_Balkenende-3#Schiphol_fire|fire at Schiphol Airport jail]] was released, condemning Dutch government officials.<ref>{{en icon}} [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5367056.stm Dutch ministers quit over blaze], BBC News, 21 September 2006</ref> Donner, as responsible justice minister, resigned in aftermath of the report's conclusions. His successor was [[Ernst Hirsch Ballin]], who had been justice minister in the [[Netherlands cabinet Lubbers-3|third Lubbers cabinet]].<ref>{{nl icon}} [http://nos.nl/artikel/57996-oudgedienden-op-justitie-en-vrom.html Oudgedienden op Justitie en VROM], NOS, 22 September 2006</ref> Four months later, Donner was appointed [[Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Netherlands)|Minister of Social Affairs and Employment]] in the new Cabinet, [[Netherlands cabinet Balkenende-4|Balkenende IV]].

 

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* {{nl icon}} [https://www.parlement.com/id/vg9fgopqa1o0/j_p_h_piet_hein_donner Prof.Mr. J.P.H. (Piet Hein) Donner] Parlement & Politiek

 

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