Cees van Lent

Cees van Lent
Cees van Lent
	Van Lent in 1977
State Secretary for Defence
	In office; 11 March 1974 – 19 December 1977 Serving with Bram Stemerdink
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl
Preceded by	Joep Mommersteeg
Succeeded by	Himself
	In office; 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 Serving with Wim van Eekelen
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Bram Stemerdink; Jan van Houwelingen
Personal details
Born	Cornelis Leonardus Josephus van Lent; 27 July 1922; Heemstede, Netherlands
Died	8 March 2000 (aged 72); Leidschendam, Netherlands
Party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political; affiliations	Catholic People's Party (until 1980)
Occupation	Brigadier general; Politician;

Prime MinisterJoop den Uyl

Preceded byJoep Mommersteeg

Succeeded byHimself

Prime MinisterDries van Agt

Cornelis Leonardus Josephus "Cees" van Lent (27 July 1922 – 8 March 2000) was a Dutch brigadier general and politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) party, later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party.^[1]

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v t e State secretaries for defence of the Netherlands
Ministry of Defence
Army	Moorman Fockema Andreae Kranenburg Van Veen Calmeyer Haex Peijnenburg Haex
Navy	Moorman De Jong Van Es
Air Force	Moorman Fockema Andreae Kranenburg Van Veen Calmeyer Den Toom Borghouts Schaper Duynstee
Defence	Van Es Mommersteeg Van Lent Stemerdink Van Eekelen Stemerdink Van Houwelingen Schwietert Hoekzema Van Voorst tot Voorst Frinking Gmelich Meijling Van Hoof Van der Knaap De Vries Visser Van der Maat Tuinman Boswijk

v t e First Van Agt cabinet (1977–1981)
Preceded by: Den Uyl cabinet Succeeded by: Second Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Hans Wiegel (Interior)
Ministers	Chris van der Klaauw (Foreign Affairs) Frans Andriessen (Finance) (1977–1980) Gijs van Aardenne (Finance) (Ad interim) Fons van der Stee (Finance and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (from 1980) Job de Ruiter (Justice) Gijs van Aardenne (Economic Affairs) Roelof Kruisinga (Defence) (1977–1978) Jan de Koning (Defence) (Ad interim) Willem Scholten (Defence) (1978–1980) Pieter de Geus (Defence) (from 1980) Leendert Ginjaar (Health and Environment) Wil Albeda (Social Affairs) Arie Pais (Education and Sciences) Dany Tuijnman (Transport and Water Management) Fons van der Stee (Agriculture and Fisheries and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) (1977–1980) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1980) Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1977–1981) Dany Tuijnman (Housing and Spatial Planning) (from 1981) (Ad interim) Til Gardeniers-Berendsen (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan de Koning (Development Cooperation) Rinus Peijnenburg (Science Policy) (1977–1979) (†) Leendert Ginjaar (Science Policy) (Ad interim) Ton van Trier (Science Policy) (from 1979)
State Secretaries	Henk Koning (Interior) Durk van der Mei (Foreign Affairs) Ad Nooteboom (Finance) (1977–1980) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) (from 1980) Bert Haars (Justice) Ted Hazekamp (Economic Affairs) Has Beyen (Economic Affairs) Cees van Lent (Defence) Wim van Eekelen (Defence) Els Veder-Smit (Health and Environment) Louw de Graaf (Social Affairs) Klaas de Jong Ozn. (Education and Sciences) Ad Hermes (Education and Sciences) Neelie Kroes (Transport and Water Management) Gerrit Brokx (Housing and Spatial Planning) Jeltien Kraaijeveld-Wouters (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) Gerard Wallis de Vries (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)

v t e Den Uyl cabinet (1973–1977)
Preceded by: Second Biesheuvel cabinet Succeeded by: First Van Agt cabinet
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Ministers	Dries van Agt (Justice) (1973–1977) Gaius de Gaay Fortman (Justice) (from 1977)
Ministers	Gaius de Gaay Fortman (Interior and Suriname and Netherlands Antilles Affairs) Max van der Stoel (Foreign Affairs) Wim Duisenberg (Finance) Ruud Lubbers (Economic Affairs) Henk Vredeling (Defence) (1973–1977) Bram Stemerdink (Defence) (from 1977) Irene Vorrink (Health and the Environment) Jaap Boersma (Social Affairs) Jos van Kemenade (Education and Sciences) Tjerk Westerterp (Transport and Water Management) Tiemen Brouwer (Agriculture and Fisheries) (1973) Fons van der Stee (Agriculture and Fisheries) (from 1973) Hans Gruijters (Housing and Spatial Planning) Harry van Doorn (Culture, Recreation and Social Work)
Ministers without portfolio	Jan Pronk (Development Cooperation) Boy Trip (Science Policy)
State Secretaries	Wim Polak (Interior) (1973–1977) Laurens Jan Brinkhorst (Foreign Affairs) (1973–1977) Pieter Kooijmans (Foreign Affairs) Fons van der Stee (Finance) (1973) Martin van Rooijen (Finance) (1973–1977) Aar de Goede (Finance) Jan Glastra van Loon (Justice) (1973–1975) Henk Zeevalking (Justice) (1975–1977) Ted Hazekamp (Economic Affairs) Joep Mommersteeg (Defence) (1973–1974) Cees van Lent (Defence) (from 1974) Bram Stemerdink (Defence) (1973–1977) Jo Hendriks (Health and the Environment) Jan Mertens (Social Affairs) Ger Klein (Education and Sciences) (1973–1977) Antoon Veerman (Education and Sciences) (1973–1975) Klaas de Jong Ozn. (Education and Sciences) (from 1975) Michel van Hulten (Transport and Water Management) Jan Schaefer (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1973–1977) Marcel van Dam (Housing and Spatial Planning) (1973–1977) Wim Meijer (Culture, Recreation and Social Work) (1973–1977)

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Cees van Lent
Van Lent in 1977

State Secretary for Defence
In office 11 March 1974 – 19 December 1977 Serving with Bram Stemerdink
Prime Minister	Joop den Uyl
Preceded by	Joep Mommersteeg
Succeeded by	Himself
In office 19 December 1977 – 11 September 1981 Serving with Wim van Eekelen
Prime Minister	Dries van Agt
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Bram Stemerdink Jan van Houwelingen

Personal details
Born	Cornelis Leonardus Josephus van Lent (1922-07-27)27 July 1922 Heemstede, Netherlands
Died	8 March 2000(2000-03-08) (aged 72) Leidschendam, Netherlands
Party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Catholic People's Party (until 1980)
Occupation	Brigadier general Politician