Ed Nijpels

Ingrid Pieters

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(m. 1983;div. 1995)​

Elsbeth Janmaat

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(m. 1997)​

Ed Nijpels
Nijpels in 1982
Member of the Social and Economic Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2014
Children	2 sons
Residence(s)	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Utrecht University (BSL, MSL)
Occupation	Politician civil servant Jurist businessperson Corporate director nonprofit director trade association executive teacher lobbyist activist

Eduardus Hermannus Theresia Maria Nijpels (born 1 April 1950) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and nonprofit director. ^{[1] [2]}

Nijpels studied Civil law at the Utrecht University obtaining a Master of Studies in Law degree. Nijpels served as chairman of the political youth organisation JOVD from February 1974 until November 1975. Nijpels worked as a civics teacher in Roosendaal from August 1974 until June 1977. After the election of 1977 Nijpels was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives on 8 June 1977 serving as a frontbencher chairing the House Committee on Law enforcement and spokesperson for Justice and the Ombudsman. After the Party Leader and Parliamentary leader Hans Wiegel announced he was stepping down he endorsed Nijpels as his successor and he was anonymously selected as his successor on 20 April 1982.

For the elections of 1982 Nijpels served as Lijsttrekker (top candidate) and following a cabinet formation with Christian-democratic Leader Ruud Lubbers formed the Cabinet Lubbers I with Nijpels opting to remain as Parliamentary leader. For the election of 1986 Nijpels again served as Lijsttrekker but shortly thereafter announced that he was stepping down following disappointed election results on 9 July 1986. After a cabinet formation the coalition continued and Nijpels was appointed as Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Cabinet Lubbers II taking office on 14 July 1986. After the election of 1989 Nijpels returned to the House of Representatives on 14 September 1989 and served as a frontbencher and spokesperson for Spatial Planning and the Environment. In March 1990 Nijpels was nominated as the Mayor of Breda serving from 1 April 1990 until 1 July 1995 when he was appointment as director-general for the Occupational Health Service Agency of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. In December 1998 Nijpels was nominated as the next Queen's Commissioner of Friesland serving from 1 January 1999 until 1 May 2008.

Nijpels semi-retired from active politics and became active in the private and public sectors as a corporate and non-profit director and served on several state commissions and councils on behalf of the government, and workes as a trade association executive serving as Chairman of the Engineering association from May 2008 until May 2015, the GeoBusiness association since September 2009 and for the Industry and Employers confederation (VNO-NCW) from July 2008 until March 2015 and became a Member of the Social and Economic Council in August 2014. Nijpels continues to be active an advocate, lobbyist and activist for Environmentalism, Sustainable development, Conservation and Climate change. ^{[3] [4]}

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	20 November 1989
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	20 May 2008

References

1. "Ed Nijpels voorzitter AvroTros" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
2. "De VVD van Nijpels" (in Dutch). Andere Tijden. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
3. "Ed Nijpels: "Klimaatakkoord heel dichtbij"" (in Dutch). Klimaatakkoord.nl. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
4. "Ed Nijpels nieuwe voorzitter Raad van Toezicht ProDemos" (in Dutch). ProDemos. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

External links

Official

• (in Dutch) Drs. E.H.Th.M. (Ed) Nijpels Parlement & Politiek

Party political offices
Preceded by Hans Wiegel 1981	Lijsttrekker of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1982 • 1986	Succeeded by Joris Voorhoeve 1989
Preceded by Hans Wiegel	Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1982–1986	Succeeded by Rudolf de Korte
	Parliamentary leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the House of Representatives 1982–1986	Succeeded by Joris Voorhoeve
Political offices
Preceded by Pieter Winsemius	Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment 1986–1989	Succeeded by Hans Alders
Preceded by Frans Feij	Mayor of Breda 1990–1995	Succeeded by Chris Rutten
Preceded by Loek Hermans	Queen's Commissioner of Friesland 1999–2008	Succeeded by John Jorritsma
Civic offices
Preceded by Unknown	Director-General of the Occupational Health Service Agency of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment 1995–1999	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Albert-Jan Evenhuis	Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Cadastre Agency 2001–2009	Succeeded by Sybilla Dekker
Preceded by Aad Kosto	Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Probation Agency 2007–2017	Succeeded by Liesbeth Spies
Preceded by Elco Brinkman	Chairman of the Supervisory board of Public Pension Funds APB 2009–2010	Succeeded by Harry Borghouts
Preceded by Hans Alders	Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Environment Central Foundation 2015–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Office established	Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Climate Council 2018–present
Business positions
Preceded by Unknown	Vice Chairman of the Supervisory board of the DSB Bank 2004–2009	Succeeded by Office discontinued
Preceded by Annemarie Jorritsma	Chairman of the Supervisory board of the Bosschap association 2008–2014	Succeeded by Alfred Veltman
Preceded by Office established	Chairman of the Engineering association 2008–2015	Succeeded by Johan van den Elzen
Preceded by Office established	Chairman of the GeoBusiness association 2009–present	Incumbent
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Roy Lantain	Chairman of the Executive Board of the Youth Organisation Freedom and Democracy 1974–1975	Succeeded by Johan Remkes
Preceded by Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland	Chairman of the Supervisory board of the World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands 1990–1999	Succeeded by Hans Wijers
Preceded by Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst	Chairman of the Supervisory board of Ronald McDonald House Charities Netherlands 1997–2013	Succeeded by Marja van Bijsterveldt
Preceded by Elco Brinkman	Chairman of the Supervisory board of International Architecture Biennal Rotterdam 2011–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Wim Deetman	Chairman of the Supervisory board of ProDemos 2018–present
Media offices
Preceded by Karel van Doodewaerd	Chairman of the Supervisory board of TROS 2008–2014	Organisation merged
Preceded by Office established	Chairman of the Supervisory board of AVROTROS 2014–present	Incumbent