Dick Dees

Dutch politician (born 1944)

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 79) Oostburg, Netherlands
Political 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
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	7 December 1985
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	20 November 1989

References

^ Okma, Kieke G. H. (2010). Six countries, six reform models: the healthcare reform : experience of Israel, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan : healthcare reforms "under the radar screen". World Scientific. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-981-4261-58-6. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

External links

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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

State Secretaries for Health of the Netherlands

Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport

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)