Henk Bleker

Henk Bleker
Henk Bleker
	Bleker in 2010
State Secretary for Economic Affairs, ; Agriculture and Innovation
	In office; 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Frank Heemskerk
Succeeded by	Co Verdaas
Chairman of the ; Christian Democratic Appeal
	In office; 10 June 2010 – 14 October 2010 ; Ad interim
Leader	Maxime Verhagen
Preceded by	Peter van Heeswijk
Succeeded by	Liesbeth Spies
Personal details
Born	Hinderk Bleker; 26 July 1953 (age 72); Onstwedde, Netherlands
Party	Forum for Democracy ; (from 2021)
Other political; affiliations	Anti-Revolutionary Party ; (until 1980) ; Christian Democratic Appeal ; (from 1980 until 2021)
Spouse	Barbara Rijlaarsdam (m. 2015)
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter ; (first marriage) ; 1 daughter ; (second marriage)
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ; (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science) ; University of Groningen ; (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Researcher · Management consultant · Media administrator · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

Prime MinisterMark Rutte

Succeeded byCo Verdaas

Hinderk "Henk" Bleker (born 26 July 1953) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation in the First Rutte cabinet from 14 October 2010 to 5 November 2012. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), he previously was party chair from 20 June 2010 until 14 October 2010.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	7 December 2012

v t e First Rutte cabinet (2010–2012)
Preceded by: Demissionary fourth Balkenende cabinet Succeeded by: Second Rutte cabinet
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Maxime Verhagen (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation)
Ministers	Piet Hein Donner (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2010–2011) Liesbeth Spies (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (from 2011) Uri Rosenthal (Foreign Affairs) Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) Ivo Opstelten (Security and Justice) Hans Hillen (Defence) Edith Schippers (Health, Welfare and Sport) Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment) Henk Kamp (Social Affairs and Employment)
Minister without portfolio	Gerd Leers (Immigration, Integration and Asylum Affairs)
State secretaries	Ben Knapen (Foreign Affairs) Frans Weekers (Finance) Fred Teeven (Security and Justice) Henk Bleker (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation) Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten (Health, Welfare and Sport) Halbe Zijlstra (Education, Culture and Science) Joop Atsma (Infrastructure and the Environment) Paul de Krom (Social Affairs and Employment)

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	United States Netherlands

References

Henk Bleker
Bleker in 2010

State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
In office 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Frank Heemskerk
Succeeded by	Co Verdaas
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Appeal
In office 10 June 2010 – 14 October 2010 Ad interim
Leader	Maxime Verhagen
Preceded by	Peter van Heeswijk
Succeeded by	Liesbeth Spies

Personal details
Born	Hinderk Bleker (1953-07-26) 26 July 1953 (age 72) Onstwedde, Netherlands
Party	Forum for Democracy (from 2021)
Other political affiliations	Anti-Revolutionary Party (until 1980) Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980 until 2021)
Spouse	Barbara Rijlaarsdam (m. 2015)
Children	2 sons and 1 daughter (first marriage) 1 daughter (second marriage)
Alma mater	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science) University of Groningen (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Jurist · Researcher · Management consultant · Media administrator · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

v t e State secretaries for economic affairs of the Netherlands
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Van der Grinten Veldkamp Gijzels Bakker Van Son Oostenbrink Hazekamp Beyen Van Zeil Dik Bolkestein Heerma Van Rooy Evenhuis Bukman Van Rooy Van Dok-van Weele Ybema Wijn Van Gennip Heemskerk Bleker Verdaas Dijksma Van Dam Keijzer Yeşilgöz-Zegerius Vijlbrief Aerdts

v t e State secretaries for agriculture of the Netherlands
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature
Ploeg Gabor Faber Odink Bleker Verdaas Dijksma Van Dam Rummenie Erkens