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Wim Meijer (Labour Party)

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Wim Meijer
Meijer in 1981
Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe
In office
1 January 1989 – 1 January 1993
MonarchBeatrix
Preceded byAd Oele
Succeeded byMargreeth de Boer
Leader of the Labour Party
in the House of Representatives
In office
11 September 1981 – 16 September 1982
Preceded byJoop den Uyl
Succeeded byJoop den Uyl
State Secretary for Culture,
Recreation and Social Work
In office
11 May 1973 – 8 September 1977
Prime MinisterJoop den Uyl
Preceded byHenk Vonhoff
Succeeded byJeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters
Gerard Wallis de Vries
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
8 June 1977 – 1 January 1989
In office
11 May 1971 – 11 May 1973
Personal details
Born
Willem Meijer

(1939-08-16) 16 August 1939 (age 85)
Harkstede, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party (since 1958)
Spouses
Betty Smittenberg
(divorced)
Tjarda Harmsma
(divorced)
(m. 2010)
Children1 son, 1 daughter (first marriage)
2 stepsons (third marriage)
Residence(s)Amsterdam
Garderen
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Businessman · Banker · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Social worker · Activist

Willem "Wim" Meijer (born 16 August 1939) is a retired Dutch politician and businessman. He is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).[1]

Meijer worked as a social worker in Hengelo from April 1964 until May 1971. Meijer served on the Municipal Council of Hengelo from June 1966 until July 1970. Meijer also was active as a political activist and was one of the leaders of the New Left movement in the Netherlands which aimed to steer the Labour Party more to the Left. Meijer was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1971, taking office on 11 May 1971. After the election of 1972 Meijer was appointed as State Secretary for Culture, Recreation and Social Work in the Cabinet Den Uyl, taking office on 11 May 1973. The Cabinet Den Uyl fell on 22 March 1977 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity. After the election of 1977 Meijer returned as a Member of the House of Representatives, taking office on 8 June 1977 but he was still serving in the cabinet and because of dualism customs in the constitutional convention of Dutch politics he couldn't serve a dual mandate he subsequently resigned as State Secretary on 8 September 1977. After the election of 1981 the Leader of the Labour Party and Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives Joop den Uyl was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Cabinet Van Agt II, Meijer was selected as his successor as Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, taking office on 11 September 1981. The Cabinet Van Agt II fell just seven months into its term on 12 May 1982 and continued to serve in a demissionary capacity until it was replaced by the caretaker Cabinet Van Agt III on 29 May 1982. After the election of 1982 Den Uyl subsequently returned as a Member of the House of Representatives and as Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives on 16 September 1982.

On 14 October 1988 Meijer was nominated as Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe, he resigned as a Member of the House of Representatives the same day he was installed as Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe, taking office on 1 January 1989.

Decorations

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Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Netherlands 11 April 1978
Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 30 December 1992

References

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  1. ^ "News in Brief". Los Angeles Times. 2 May 1982. p. OC2. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
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Official
Party political offices
Preceded by Parliamentary leader of the
Labour Party in the
House of Representatives

1981–1982
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by State Secretary for Culture,
Recreation and Social Work

1973–1977
Succeeded by
Succeeded by
Preceded by Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe
1989–1993
Succeeded by
Civic offices
Preceded by Chairman of the
Supervisory board of the
Mine Council

2002–2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Unknown
Chairman of the
Supervisory board of the
Chamber of Commerce

2005–2015
Succeeded by
Claudia Zuiderwijk
Business positions
Preceded by Chairman of the
Supervisory board of the
Rabobank

1993–2002
Succeeded by
Hans Smits
Preceded by
Unknown
Chairman of the
Supervisory board of the
Nederlandse Spoorwegen

2002–2013
Succeeded by
Carel van den Driest