Dick Dees

Dick Dees
Dick Dees
	Dees in 1988
Member of the Senate
	In office; 13 June 1995 – 12 June 2007
President of the Benelux; Interparliamentary Consultative Council
	In office; 1 January 1993 – 1 January 1994
Preceded by	Jean Bock
Succeeded by	Ady Jung
State Secretary for Welfare, ; Health and Culture
	In office; 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Joop van der Reijden
Succeeded by	Hans Simons
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 14 September 1989 – 13 June 1995
	In office; 7 December 1972 – 14 July 1986
Personal details
Born	Dirk Jan Dignus Dees; 13 December 1944 (age 81); Oostburg, Netherlands
Party	People's Party for ; Freedom and Democracy ; (since 1967)
Residence(s)	Breda, Netherlands
Alma mater	Utrecht University ; (Bachelor of Pharmacy, Master of Pharmacy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Pharmacist · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Author

Dirk Jan Dignus "Dick" Dees (born 13 December 1944) is a retired Dutch politician. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he served as State Secretary for Welfare, Health and Culture from 1986 to 1989.^[1]

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date
Honours
File:Order of the Netherlands Lion ribbon - Knight.svg	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	7 December 1985
File:Order of Orange-Nassau ribbon - Commander.svg	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	20 November 1989

References

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External links

Official

(in Dutch) Drs. D.J.D. (Dick) Dees Parlement & Politiek
(in Dutch) Drs. D.J.D. Dees (VVD) Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Political offices

Preceded by

Joop van der Reijden

State Secretary for Welfare,
Health and Culture
1986–1989

Succeeded by

Hans Simons

Preceded by

Jean Bock

President of the Benelux Parliament
1993–1994

Succeeded by

Ady Jung

Non-profit organization positions

Preceded by

Henk Bosma

Chairman of the
Youth Organisation Freedom
and Democracy
1969–1971

Succeeded by

Domien van Wees

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v t e State secretaries for health of the Netherlands
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
Van Rhijn Muntendam Roolvink De Meijer Bartels Kruisinga Hendriks Veder-Smit Lambers-Hacquebard Van der Reijden Dees Simons Terpstra Vliegenthart Ross-van Dorp Bussemaker Veldhuijzen van Zanten Van Rijn Blokhuis Van Ooijen Maeijer Karremans		File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg

v t e Second Lubbers cabinet (1986–1989)
Preceded by: First Lubbers cabinet Succeeded by: Third Lubbers cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Rudolf de Korte (Economic Affairs)
Ministers	Kees van Dijk (Interior) (1986–1987) Jan de Koning (Interior and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (Ad interim) Kees van Dijk (Interior) (from 1987) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) Onno Ruding (Finance) Frits Korthals Altes (Justice) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) (1986–1988) Piet Bukman (Defence) (ad interim) Frits Bolkestein (Defence) (from 1988) Elco Brinkman (Welfare, Health and Culture) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (1986–1987) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) (Ad interim) Jan de Koning (Social Affairs and Employment and Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (from 1987) Wim Deetman (Education and Sciences) (1986–1989) Gerrit Braks (Education and Sciences) (Ad interim) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) Ed Nijpels (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Minister without portfolio	Piet Bukman (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) René van der Linden (Foreign Affairs) (1986–1988) Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (Foreign Affairs) (from 1988) Henk Koning (Finance) Virginie Korte-van Hemel (Justice) Enneüs Heerma (Economic Affairs) (1986) Yvonne van Rooy (Economic Affairs) (from 1986) Albert-Jan Evenhuis (Economic Affairs) (1986–1989) Jan van Houwelingen (Defence) Dick Dees (Welfare, Health and Culture) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs and Employment) Nell Ginjaar-Maas (Education and Sciences) Gerrit Brokx (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (1986) Enneüs Heerma (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment) (from 1986)

Dick Dees
Dees in 1988

Member of the Senate
In office 13 June 1995 – 12 June 2007
President of the Benelux Interparliamentary Consultative Council
In office 1 January 1993 – 1 January 1994
Preceded by	Jean Bock
Succeeded by	Ady Jung
State Secretary for Welfare, Health and Culture
In office 14 July 1986 – 7 November 1989
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Joop van der Reijden
Succeeded by	Hans Simons
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 14 September 1989 – 13 June 1995
In office 7 December 1972 – 14 July 1986

Personal details
Born	Dirk Jan Dignus Dees (1944-12-13) 13 December 1944 (age 81) Oostburg, Netherlands
Party	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (since 1967)
Residence(s)	Breda, Netherlands
Alma mater	Utrecht University (Bachelor of Pharmacy, Master of Pharmacy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Pharmacist · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Author

Dick Dees

Decorations

References

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