Joris Voorhoeve

Joris Voorhoeve (2014)

Joris Voorhoeve (1986)

Joris Jacob Clemens Voorhoeve (born 22 December 1945 in The Hague) is a Dutch politician, former minister, and university professor.^[1]

Voorhoeve was the leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy between 1986 and 1990 and served as the Dutch Minister of Defence between 1994 and 1998. He received severe criticism^[2] for his role in the Srebrenica massacre but did not resign. He is a member of the Dutch Council of State. In 2010 he left the VVD and joined the liberal Democrats 66 party.^[3]

Voorhoeve is also a member of the Dutch Foreign Ministry's Advisory Council on International Affairs and of the Trilateral Commission.^[4]

His son is the political philosopher Alex Voorhoeve.^[5]

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Party political offices
Preceded by Rudolf de Korte	Political leader of the VVD 3 December 1986 – 30 April 1990	Succeeded by Frits Bolkestein

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 Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands

Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations

Korthals Biesheuvel Bakker Nelissen Lardinois Geertsema De Gaay Fortman Van der Stee Den Uyl De Koning Lubbers Hirsch Ballin Lubbers Voorhoeve Peper Van Boxtel De Vries Remkes De Graaf Pechtold Nicolaï Ter Horst Hirsch Ballin Donner Spies Plasterk Blok Plasterk

First Kok cabinet (1994–1998)

^{Preceded by: Third Lubbers cabinet · Succeeded by: Second Kok cabinet}

Prime Minister	Wim Kok (General Affairs)

Deputy Prime Ministers	Hans Dijkstal (Interior) Hans van Mierlo (Foreign Affairs)

Ministers	Gerrit Zalm (Finance) Winnie Sorgdrager (Justice) Hans Wijers (Economic Affairs) Joris Voorhoeve (Defence and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) Els Borst (Health, Welfare and Sport) Jo Ritzen (Education, Culture and Science) Annemarie Jorritsma (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Jozias van Aartsen (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) Ad Melkert (Social Affairs and Employment) Margreeth de Boer (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Minister without portfolio	Jan Pronk (Development Cooperation)

State Secretaries	Jacob Kohnstamm (Interior) Tonny van de Vondervoort (Interior) Michiel Patijn (Foreign Affairs) Willem Vermeend (Finance) Elizabeth Schmitz (Justice) Anneke van Dok-van Weele (Economic Affairs) Jan Gmelich Meijling (Defence) Erica Terpstra (Health, Welfare and Sport) Tineke Netelenbos (Education, Culture and Science) Aad Nuis (Education, Culture and Science) Monique de Vries (Transport, Public Works and Water Management) Robin Linschoten (Social Affairs and Employment) (1994–1996) Frank de Grave (Social Affairs and Employment) (1996–1998) Dick Tommel (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 3687228

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