Henk Kamp

His Excellency Henk Kamp
Henk Kamp in 2015

Minister of Economic Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Maxime Verhagen
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
In office 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Piet Hein Donner
Succeeded by	Lodewijk Asscher
Governor of the Caribbean Netherlands
In office 1 January 2009 – 10 October 2010
Monarch	Beatrix
Preceded by	New creation
Succeeded by	Hans Gerritsen
Minister of Defence
In office 12 December 2002 – 22 February 2007
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Benk Korthals
Succeeded by	Eimert van Middelkoop
Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
In office 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Jan Pronk
Succeeded by	Sybilla Dekker
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 30 November 2006 – 18 December 2008
In office 30 January 2003 – 27 May 2003
In office 17 May 1994 – 22 July 2002
Personal details
Born	Henricus Gregorius Jozeph Kamp (1952-07-23) 23 July 1952 Hengelo, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Political party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (since 1972)
Spouse(s)	Linda Kamp (since 1975)
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
Residence	Diepenheim, Netherlands
Occupation	Politician Civil servant Tax collector
Website	(English) Ministry of Economic Affairs

Henricus Gregorius Jozeph "Henk" Kamp (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɛnˈrikəs xreːˈɣoːriəs ˈjoːzəf ɦɛŋk kɑmp];^[1] born 23 July 1952) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He is the Minister of Economic Affairs in the Cabinet Rutte II since 5 November 2012.

Kamp previously served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 17 May 1994 until 22 July 2002 when he became Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Cabinet Balkenende I. Kamp became acting Minister of Defence following the resignation of Benk Korthals on 12 December 2002 and remained as Minister of Defence in the successive Cabinets Balkenende II and III. He was succeeded as Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment on 27 May 2003 by Sybilla Dekker at the inauguration of the Cabinet Balkenende II. After the Dutch general election of 2006 the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy became an opposition party and Kamp returned to the House of Representatives on 30 November 2006. He stepped down as a Member of the House of Representatives on 18 December 2008 after he was named as Commissioner for the Netherlands Antilles to supervise the dissolution of the Islands, he took office on 1 January 2009 and left 10 October 2010 the day the Netherlands Antilles was officially dissolved. Following the Dutch general election of 2010 the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy became the largest party in the House of Representatives and after the cabinet formation the Cabinet Rutte I was formed with Kamp becoming Minister of Social Affairs and Employment on 14 October 2010. After the Dutch general election of 2012 the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy remained the largest party in the House of Representatives and Kamp was asked to make preparations for a new cabinet formation, Kamp and former Leader of the Labour Party Wouter Bos became informateurs for the Cabinet Rutte II and Kamp became Minister of Economic Affairs and took office on 5 November 2012.

Early life

Henricus Gregorius Jozeph Kamp was born on 23 July 1952 in Hengelo in the Netherlands Province of Overijssel in a Roman Catholic family. He left the Roman Catholic faith years later and became a Humanist. After completing his HAVO diploma he worked at two wholesalers in Enschede, Borculo and Tilburg until 1977. From 1977 to 1980 he attended the auditors training at the Tax Training in Utrecht. He worked as an investigator for the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD) until 1986.

Politics

Henk Kamp and then United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 2004.

From 1976 to 1994 he was a member of the municipal council in Borculo. From 1986 he was in also alderman in Borculo. From 1987 to 1994 he was a member of the Provincial Council of Gelderland. He became a Member of the House of Representatives on 17 May 1994. On 22 July 2002, Kamp became Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. He was Minister of Defence from December 12, 2002 till 22 February 2007. After early elections where held as a result of parliamentary agreements following the formation of the minority cabinet Balkenende III. As part of his "farewell tour" as Minister of Defence, Henk Kamp visited the Dutch troops in Afghanistan and paid his respects to president Hamid Karzai. President Karzai awarded Henk Kamp the High State Medal of Ghazi Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan.^[2] Kamp left the House of Representatives on 1 January 2009 to head the transformation of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius to special municipalities within the Netherlands.

On 13 September 2012, the day after the parliamentary elections, Kamp was asked to prepare for the formation of a new cabinet and had exploratory conversations with several parties. Already on that very day the Parliamentary leaders in the House of Representatives met with the President of the House of Representatives Gerdi Verbeet. His opinion after the talks was to start a formation on a coalition with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and the Labour Party with himself and former Leader of the Labour Party Wouter Bos as informateurs. The formation resulted in the forming of the Cabinet Rutte II and Kamp became Minister of Economic Affairs and took office on 5 November 2012. After the resignation of Minister of Security and Justice Ivo Opstelten on 10 March 2015, Kamp became the senior member of the Council of Ministers and the third highest-ranking member after Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher.

Early February 2016 Kamp announced his retirement from national politics as of the 2017 elections.^[3]

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
	Officer of the Order of Oranje-Nassau	Netherlands	11 April 2007
	Grand Cordon 1st Class of the Order of the Rising Sun	Japan	24 October 2014^[4]

References

↑ In isolation, Gregorius is pronounced [ɣreːˈɣoːriəs].
↑ (English) Minister awards Afghan president clogs, Dutchnews.nl, 13 February 2007
↑ "Henk Kamp kondigt afscheid van Den Haag aan" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
↑ (Japanese) Foreign honours recipients 2014, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, 24 October 2014

External links

Media related to Henk Kamp at Wikimedia Commons

(Dutch) H.G.J. (Henk) Kamp Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by Jan Pronk	Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment 2002–2003	Succeeded by Sybilla Dekker
Preceded by Benk Korthals	Minister of Defence 2003–2007	Succeeded by Eimert van Middelkoop
New creation	Governor of the Caribbean Netherlands 2009–2010	Succeeded by Hans Gerritsen
Preceded by Piet Hein Donner	Minister of Social Affairs 2010–2012	Succeeded by Lodewijk Asscher
Preceded by Maxime Verhagen	Minister of Economic Affairs 2012–present	Incumbent

Ministers of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands

Ministry of Economic Affairs

Tak van Poortvliet Klerck Van den Bergh Tromp Bastert Havelaar Lely Van der Sleijden De Marez Oyens Kraus Veegens Talma Treub Posthuma Van IJsselsteyn Ruijs de Beerenbrouck Aalberse Koolen Slotemaker de Bruïne Verschuur Colijn Steenberghe Gelissen Steenberghe Colijn Steenberghe Van den Tempel Kerstens Van den Broek Gispen Vos Huysmans Mansholt Van den Brink Zijlstra De Pous Andriessen Den Uyl Bakker De Block De Jong Nelissen Langman Lubbers Van Aardenne Terlouw Van Aardenne De Korte Andriessen Wijers Jorritsma Heinsbroek Hoogervorst Brinkhorst Zalm Wijn Van der Hoeven Verhagen Kamp

Ministers of Social Affairs of the Netherlands

Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

Aalberse Koolen Slotemaker de Bruine Verschuur Slotemaker de Bruine Slingenberg Romme Damme Van den Tempel Wijffels Drees Joekes Suurhoff Beel Van Rooy Marijnen Veldkamp Roolvink Boersma Albeda Den Uyl De Graaf De Koning De Graaf De Koning B. De Vries Melkert K. De Vries Vermeend De Geus Donner Kamp Asscher

Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands

Ministry of Defence

Lambooij Deckers Colijn Van Dijk Dijxhoorn Van Boeijen Furstner Van Lidth de Jeude De Booy De Quay Meynen Fiévez Schagen van Leeuwen Schokking s'Jacob Staf Van den Bergh De Quay Visser De Jong Den Toom De Koster Vredeling Stemerdink Kruisinga De Koning Scholten De Geus Van Mierlo De Ruiter Van Eekelen Bukman Bolkestein Ter Beek Voorhoeve De Grave Korthals Kamp Van Middelkoop Hillen Hennis-Plasschaert

Ministers of Housing and Spatial Planning of the Netherlands

Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Ringers Vos Neher 't Veld Witte Van Aartsen Bogaers Witte Schut Udink Gruijters Beelaerts van Blokland Van Dam Nypels Winsemius Nijpels Alders De Boer Pronk Kamp Dekker Winsemius Cramer Huizinga

Second Rutte cabinet (2012–present)

Preceded by: First Rutte cabinet ·

Prime Minister	Mark Rutte General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	Lodewijk Asscher Social Affairs and Employment

Ministers	Ronald Plasterk Interior and Kingdom Relations Frans Timmermans Foreign Affairs) (2012–2014 Bert Koenders Foreign Affairs) (from 2014 Jeroen Dijsselbloem Finance Ivo Opstelten Security and Justice) (2012–2015 Stef Blok Security and Justice) (Ad interim Ard van der Steur Security and Justice) (from 2015 Henk Kamp Economic Affairs Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert Defence Edith Schippers Health, Welfare and Sport Jet Bussemaker Education, Culture and Science Melanie Schultz van Haegen Infrastructure and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Stef Blok Housing and the Central Government Sector Lilianne Ploumen Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

State Secretaries	Frans Weekers Finance) (2012–2014 Eric Wiebes Finance) (from 2014 Fred Teeven Security and Justice) (2012–2015 Klaas Dijkhoff Security and Justice) (from 2015 Co Verdaas Economic Affairs) (2012 Sharon Dijksma Economic Affairs) (2012–2015 Martijn van Dam Economic Affairs) (from 2015 Martin van Rijn Health, Welfare and Sport Sander Dekker Education, Culture and Science Wilma Mansveld Infrastructure and the Environment) (2012–2015 Sharon Dijksma Infrastructure and the Environment) (from 2015 Jetta Klijnsma Social Affairs and Employment

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

Third Balkenende cabinet (2006–2007)

^{Preceded by: Second Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: Fourth Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister	Gerrit Zalm Finance

Ministers	Johan Remkes Interior Ben Bot Foreign Affairs Piet Hein Donner Justice) (2006 Rita Verdonk Justice) (Acting Ernst Hirsch Ballin Justice) (from 2006 Joop Wijn Economic Affairs Henk Kamp Defence Hans Hoogervorst Health, Welfare and Sport Maria van der Hoeven Education, Culture and Science Karla Peijs Transport, Public Works and Water Management Cees Veerman Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Aart Jan de Geus Social Affairs and Employment Sybilla Dekker Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (2006 Pieter Winsemius Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (from 2006

Minister without portfolio	Rita Verdonk Integration and Immigration Atzo Nicolaï Government Reform and Kingdom Relations Agnes van Ardenne International Development

State Secretaries	Karien van Gennip Economic Affairs Cees van der Knaap Defence Clémence Ross-van Dorp Health, Welfare and Sport Bruno Bruins Education, Culture and Science Melanie Schultz van Haegen Transport, Public Works and Water Management Henk van Hoof Social Affairs and Employment Pieter van Geel Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Second Balkenende cabinet (2003–2006)

^{Preceded by: First Balkenende cabinet · Succeeded by: Third Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Ministers	Gerrit Zalm Finance Thom de Graaf Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) (2003–2005 Laurens Jan Brinkhorst Economic Affairs) (2005–2006

Ministers	Johan Remkes Interior Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Foreign Affairs) (2003 Ben Bot Foreign Affairs) (from 2003 Piet Hein Donner Justice Henk Kamp Defence Hans Hoogervorst Health, Welfare and Sport Maria van der Hoeven Education, Culture and Science Karla Peijs Transport, Public Works and Water Management Cees Veerman Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Aart Jan de Geus Social Affairs and Employment Sybilla Dekker Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Rita Verdonk Integration and Immigration Agnes van Ardenne Development Cooperation Alexander Pechtold Government Reform and Kingdom Relations) (2005–2006

State Secretaries	Atzo Nicolaï Foreign Affairs Joop Wijn Finance Karien van Gennip Economic Affairs Cees van der Knaap Defence Annette Nijs Education, Culture and Science) (2003–2004 Medy van der Laan Education, Culture and Science Mark Rutte Education, Culture and Science) (2004–2006 Bruno Bruins Education, Culture and Science) (from 2006 Clémence Ross-van Dorp Health, Welfare and Sport Melanie Schultz van Haegen Transport, Public Works and Water Management Mark Rutte Social Affairs and Employment) (2003–2004 Henk van Hoof Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2004 Pieter van Geel Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

First Balkenende cabinet (2002–2003)

^{Preceded by: Second Kok cabinet · Succeeded by: Second Balkenende cabinet}

Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende General Affairs

Deputy Prime Ministers	Eduard Bomhoff Health, Welfare and Sport) (2002 Johan Remkes Interior and Kingdom Relations Roelf de Boer Transport, Public Works and Water Management) (from 2002

Ministers	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Foreign Affairs Hans Hoogervorst Finance Piet Hein Donner Justice Herman Heinsbroek Economic Affairs) (2002 Hans Hoogervorst Economic Affairs) (from 2002 Benk Korthals Defence) (2002 Henk Kamp Defence) (from 2002 Maria van der Hoeven Education, Culture and Science Aart Jan de Geus Health, Welfare and Sport) (from 2002 Cees Veerman Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Aart Jan de Geus Social Affairs and Employment Henk Kamp Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Minister without portfolio	Hilbrand Nawijn Integration and Immigration

State Secretaries	Rob Hessing Interior Atzo Nicolaï Foreign Affairs Agnes van Ardenne Foreign Affairs Steven van Eijck Finance Joop Wijn Economic Affairs Cees van der Knaap Defence Cees van Leeuwen Education, Culture and Science Annette Nijs Education, Culture and Science Clémence Ross-van Dorp Health, Welfare and Sport Melanie Schultz van Haegen Transport, Public Works and Water Management Jan Odink Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Mark Rutte Social Affairs and Employment Philomena Bijlhout Social Affairs and Employment) (2002 Khee Liang Phoa Social Affairs and Employment) (from 2002 Pieter van Geel Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2006–10

House of Representatives, 30 November 2006 - 16 June 2010

Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA - 41)	Van Geel Aasted-Madsen Algra Atsma <Balkenende> Bilder Biskop Blanksma-Van den Heuvel Van Bochove <Van de Camp> Çörüz Van Dijk <Donner> Eski Ferrier <Van Gennip> Van Haersma Buma Haverkamp <Hessels> <Van Heugten> Van Hijum <Van der Hoeven> Ten Hoopen Jager Joldersma Jonker <Van der Knaap> Knops Koopmans Koppejan <Kortenhorst> Mastwijk de Nerée tot Babberich Omtzigt Ormel De Pater-Van der Meer Pieper De Rouwe Schermers Schinkelshoek Schreijer-Pierik Smilde Spies Sterk Van Toorenburg Uitslag <Verburg> <Verhagen> Vietsch de Vries Van Vroonhoven-Kok <Wijn> Willemse-Van der Ploeg

Dutch Labour Party (PvdA - 33)	Hamer Albayrak Arib Besselink Blom Boelhouwer <Bos> Bouchibti Bouwmeester <Bussemaker> <Crone> Van Dam <Depla> Van Dijken <Dijksma> Dijsselbloem Eijsink Gill'ard Heerts Heijnen Jacobi Kalma <Koenders> Kraneveldt Kuiken <Laaper> Leerdam Linhard Roefs Samsom Smeets Spekman Tang <Tichelaar> Timmer <Timmermans> Van der Veen Verbeet (Speaker) Vermeij Vos Waalkens Wolbert <Wolfson> <Yücel>

Socialist Party (SP - 25)	Kant <Abel> Bashir Van Bommel Van Dijk Gerkens Van Gerven Gesthuizen <Van Gijlswijk> Irrgang Jansen Karabulut Langkamp Van Leeuwen Leijten Lempens Luijben Marijnissen Polderman Poppe Van Raak Roemer De Rooij <De Roos> Smits Ulenbelt Van Velzen de Wit

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD - 21)	Rutte Aptroot <Van Baalen> Van Beek Blok <Boekestijn> Ten Broeke Van der Burg Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink <Elias> Griffith Harbers Kamp De Krom Meeuwis Van Miltenburg Neppérus Nicolaï Remkes Schippers Snijder-Hazelhoff Teeven Weekers Zijlstra

Party for Freedom (PVV - 9)	Wilders Agema Bosma Brinkman Van Dijck Fritsma Graus <Madlener> De Mos De Roon

GreenLeft (GL - 7)	Halsema Azough Dibi <Diks> <Duyvendak> Van Gent Peters Sap Vendrik

Christian Union (CU - 6)	Slob Anker Cramer <Huizinga> Ortega <Rouvoet> Voordewind Wiegman

Democrats 66 (D66 - 3)	Pechtold Van der Ham Kaya

Party for the Animals (PvdD - 2)	Thieme Ouwehand

Reformed Political Party (SGP - 2)	Van der Vlies Van der Staaij

Member Verdonk (Lid-Verdonk - 1)	Verdonk

Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the Speaker Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this House of Representatives See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2010–12

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