Henk Bleker

Henk Bleker
Henk Bleker
	Bleker in 2010
State Secretary for Economic Affairs, ; Agriculture and Innovation
	In office; 14 October 2010 –5 November 2012
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter ; (first marriage) ; 1 daughter ; (second marriage)
Residence(s)	Vlagtwedde, Netherlands
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ; (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science); University of Groningen ; (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Researcher · Management consultant · Media administrator · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

Last updated April 13, 2025

Barbara Rijlaarsdam

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Hinderk "Henk" Bleker (born 26 July 1953) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in the First Rutte cabinet from 14 October 2010 to 5 November 2012. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), he previously was party chair from 20 June 2010 until 14 October 2010.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	7 December 2012

References

↑ (in Dutch) Henk Bleker Archived 29 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine Christian Democratic Appeal
↑ Gastel, Edwin van. "Henk Bleker stapt over naar Forum voor Democratie en moet vertrekken bij PowerField". Solar Magazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 October 2024.
↑ "Henk Bleker: 'Deze dag doet me denken aan Onstwedde, 1974'". www.barneveldsekrant.nl (in Dutch). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Dr. H. (Henk) Bleker Parlement & Politiek

Party political offices
Preceded by Peter van Heeswijk	Chairman of the Christian Democratic Appeal Ad interim 2010	Succeeded by Liesbeth Spies
Political offices
Preceded by Frank Heemskerk as State Secretary for Economic Affairs	State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation 2010–2012	Succeeded by Co Verdaas as State Secretary for Economic Affairs
Non-profit organization positions
Unknown	Executive Director of RTV Noord 2009–2010	Unknown

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[1] (in Dutch) Henk Bleker Archived 29 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine Christian Democratic Appeal

[2] Gastel, Edwin van. "Henk Bleker stapt over naar Forum voor Democratie en moet vertrekken bij PowerField". Solar Magazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 October 2024.

[3] "Henk Bleker: 'Deze dag doet me denken aan Onstwedde, 1974'". www.barneveldsekrant.nl (in Dutch). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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v t e First Rutte cabinet (2010–2012)
Preceded by: Demissionary fourth Balkenende cabinet Succeeded by: Second Rutte cabinet
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Maxime Verhagen (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation)
Ministers	Piet Hein Donner (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2010–2011) Liesbeth Spies (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (from 2011) Uri Rosenthal (Foreign Affairs) Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) Ivo Opstelten (Security and Justice) Hans Hillen (Defence) Edith Schippers (Health, Welfare and Sport) Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment) Henk Kamp (Social Affairs and Employment)
Minister without portfolio	Gerd Leers (Immigration, Integration and Asylum Affairs)
State secretaries	Ben Knapen (Foreign Affairs) Frans Weekers (Finance) Fred Teeven (Security and Justice) Henk Bleker (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation) Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten (Health, Welfare and Sport) Halbe Zijlstra (Education, Culture and Science) Joop Atsma (Infrastructure and the Environment) Paul de Krom (Social Affairs and Employment)

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	United States Netherlands

Henk Bleker
Bleker in 2010

State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
In office 14 October 2010 –5 November 2012
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter (first marriage) 1 daughter (second marriage)
Residence(s)	Vlagtwedde, Netherlands
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science) University of Groningen (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Researcher · Management consultant · Media administrator · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

v t e State secretaries for economic affairs of the Netherlands
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Van der Grinten Veldkamp Gijzels Bakker Van Son Oostenbrink Hazekamp Beyen Van Zeil Dik Bolkestein Heerma Van Rooy Evenhuis Bukman Van Rooy Van Dok-van Weele Ybema Wijn Van Gennip Heemskerk Bleker Verdaas Dijksma Van Dam Keijzer Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Vijlbrief

v t e State secretaries for agriculture of the Netherlands
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature
Ploeg Gabor Faber Odink Bleker Verdaas Dijksma Van Dam Rummenie

Henk Bleker

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