Johan Remkes

Johan Remkes
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 22 July 2002 – 22 February 2007
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Klaas de Vries
Succeeded by	Guusje ter Horst
Deputy Prime Minister
In office 22 July 2002 – 27 May 2003 Serving with Eduard Bomhoff
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Els Borst Annemarie Jorritsma
Succeeded by	Gerrit Zalm
State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
In office August 3 1998 – 22 July 2002
Prime Minister	Wim Kok
Preceded by	Dick Tommel
Succeeded by	Pieter van Geel
Member of Parliament
In office October 26 1993 – August 3 1998
Personal details
Born	Johannes Wijnandus Remkes (1951-06-15) June 15, 1951 Oosterbroek, The Netherlands
Political party	VVD
Height	300px
Website	www.ministerremkes.nl

Johannes Wijnandus (Johan) Remkes (born in Oosterbroek (Groningen) on 15 June 1951) became a member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch parliament in 1993, for the conservative liberal party VVD. From 1998 to 2002 he was a State Secretary in the Second cabinet of Wim Kok. In 2002 he became Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs in the First Balkenende cabinet. Between 27 May 2003 he fulfilled this role in the second and third Balkenende cabinet and 22 February 2007.