Michiel Scheltema

Michiel Scheltema
Michiel Scheltema
	Scheltema in 1981
Born	6 June 1939; The Hague, Netherlands
Occupations	Jurist, professor, politician
Known for	Founder of the General Administrative Law Act (Awb)
Political party	Democrats 66
Awards	Honorary doctorate (law), Leiden University (1995)
State Secretary for Justice
	In office; 11 September 1981 –4 November 1982

Last updated January 31, 2026

↑ "Honorary doctorates and prizes - Leiden University". universiteitleiden.nl. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
↑ Bolsius, Erik Jan (11 September 2023). "Oeuvre Award voor Michiel Scheltema: grootmeester van het bestuursrecht" [Oeuvre Award for Michiel Scheltema: grand master of administrative law]. advocatie.nl (in Dutch). Lefebvre Sdu. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

External links

Dr. M. (Michiel) Scheltema Parlement.com (in Dutch)

Political offices

Preceded by

Bert Haars

State Secretary for Justice
1981–1982

Succeeded by

Virginie Korte-van Hemel

Civic offices

Preceded by

Piet Hein Donner

Director of the Scientific Council
for Government Policy
1998–2004

Succeeded by

Wim van de Donk

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[1] "Honorary doctorates and prizes - Leiden University". universiteitleiden.nl. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

[advocatie-2] Bolsius, Erik Jan (11 September 2023). "Oeuvre Award voor Michiel Scheltema: grootmeester van het bestuursrecht" [Oeuvre Award for Michiel Scheltema: grand master of administrative law]. advocatie.nl (in Dutch). Lefebvre Sdu. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

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v t e Second Van Agt cabinet (1981–1982)
Preceded by: First Van Agt cabinet Succeeded by: Third Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Joop den Uyl (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) Jan Terlouw (Economic Affairs)
Ministers	Ed van Thijn (Interior) Max van der Stoel (Foreign Affairs) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Hans van Mierlo (Defence) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Health and the Environment) Jos van Kemenade (Education and Sciences) Henk Zeevalking (Transport and Water Management) Jan de Koning (Agriculture and Fisheries) Marcel van Dam (Housing and Spatial Planning) André van der Louw (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Minister without portfolio	Kees van Dijk (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Saskia Stuiveling (Interior) Gerard van Leijenhorst (Interior) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Hans Kombrink (Finance) Michiel Scheltema (Justice) Piet van Zeil (Economic Affairs) Wim Dik (Economic Affairs) Bram Stemerdink (Defence) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard (Health and the Environment) Hedy d'Ancona (Social Affairs and Employment) Ien Dales (Social Affairs and Employment) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) Jaap van der Doef (Transport and Water Management) Siepie de Jong (Housing and Spatial Planning) Hans de Boer (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e Third Van Agt cabinet (1982)
Preceded by: Second Van Agt cabinet Succeeded by: First Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs and Foreign Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Jan Terlouw (Economic Affairs)
Ministers	Max Rood (Interior) Fons van der Stee (Finance) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Hans van Mierlo (Defence) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Health and the Environment) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) Henk Zeevalking (Transport and Water Management) Jan de Koning (Agriculture and Fisheries and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) Erwin Nypels (Housing and Spatial Planning) Hans de Boer (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Minister without portfolio	Kees van Dijk (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Gerard van Leijenhorst (Interior) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Michiel Scheltema (Justice) Piet van Zeil (Economic Affairs and Social Affairs and Employment) Wim Dik (Economic Affairs) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Ineke Lambers-Hacquebard (Health and the Environment) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences)

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Michiel Scheltema
Scheltema in 1981
Born	(1939-06-06)6 June 1939 The Hague, Netherlands
Occupations	Jurist, professor, politician
Known for	Founder of the General Administrative Law Act (Awb)
Political party	Democrats 66
Awards	Honorary doctorate (law), Leiden University (1995)^[1]

State Secretary for Justice
In office 11 September 1981 –4 November 1982

v t e State secretaries for justice of the Netherlands
Ministry of Justice and Security
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