Eimert van Middelkoop
| Eimert van Middelkoop | |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 22 February 2007 – 14 October 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Henk Kamp |
| Succeeded by | Hans Hillen |
| Minister of Integration and Housing | |
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In office 23 February 2010 – 14 October 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Eberhard van der Laan |
| Succeeded by | Melanie Schultz van Haegen |
| Member of the Senate | |
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In office 10 June 2003 – 22 February 2007 |
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Parliamentary leader - Reformed Political League House of Representatives |
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In office 14 February 2001 – 13 March 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Gert Schutte |
| Succeeded by | Party Disbanded |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 14 May 1989 – 13 May 2002 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Eimert van Middelkoop 14 February 1949 Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party |
Reformed Political League (1974-2001) ChristianUnion (since 2001) |
| Residence | Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | Erasmus University Rotterdam (BA in sociology) |
| Occupation |
Politician Civil servant Teacher |
| Religion | Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) |
Eimert van Middelkoop (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛimərt fɑn ˈmɪdəlkoːp]; born 14 February 1949) is a Dutch politician in the ChristianUnion (CU) party. From 2007 to 2010, he was Minister of Defence in the fourth Balkenende cabinet. In 2010, he served as the Minister of Housing, Communities and Integration (Wonen, Wijken en Integratie).
After high school, van Middelkoop attended what is now Erasmus University, earning a B.A. in Sociology in 1971. In 1971 and 1972, he was a teacher at the Reformed Social Academy in Zwolle. He was exempt from military draft for being indispensable as staff member of the Reformed Political League in the House of Representatives.
Van Middelkoop became a member of the House of Representatives in 1989, while affiliated with the Reformed Political League. Since 2000, he has been aligned with the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie), which was the product of a fusion of the Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) and the Reformatory Political Federation (GPV). He specialised in foreign and military affairs, prepared the inquiry by the House of Representatives into the role of the Netherlands in the fall of Srebrenica. He lost his seat in the House of Representatives in the 2002 elections.
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