Martin van Rijn
Minister for Medical Care
In office
20 March 2020 – 9 July 2020
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byBruno Bruins
Succeeded byTamara van Ark
State Secretary for Health,
Welfare and Sport
In office
5 November 2012 – 26 October 2017
Prime MinisterMark Rutte
Preceded byMarlies Veldhuijzen
van Zanten
Succeeded byPaul Blokhuis
Personal details
Born
Maarten Johannes van Rijn

(1956-02-07) 7 February 1956 (age 68)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party
Residence(s)Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma materErasmus University Rotterdam
(Bachelor of Economics, Master of Economics)
OccupationPolitician · Civil servant · Businessman · Corporate director

Maarten Johannes "Martin" van Rijn (born 7 February 1956) is a Dutch politician and businessman who served as Minister for Medical Care from March to July 2020. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), he previously was CEO and chairman of the Reinier Haga Groep (a hospital conglomerate) from 1 December 2017. He served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, dealing with nursing and care, elderly policy, youth policy and biotechnology in the Second Rutte cabinet, from November 2012 to October 2017. Prior to this, he was CEO of the PGGM pension fund (2008–2012).

Career

In his capacity as a civil servant he was Director-General for health care at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport from 2003 to 2007, Director-General for management and personnel policy at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 2000 to 2003 and Deputy Director-General for housing at the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment from 1995 to 2000.

Van Rijn studied economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. On 15 November 2017 he was named president of the directing board of Reinier Haga Groep, managing hospitals in The Hague, Delft and Zoetermeer.[1] On 20 March 2020, he was appointed as a replacement to the role of Minister of Medical Care due to the resignation of Bruno Bruins who collapsed from exhaustion during a parliamentary debate. He indicated he would sit on a non-partisan basis, as the Labour Party does not support the Third Rutte cabinet (a non supporting party member as minister is highly unusual in Dutch politics). He remains a member of the PvdA.[2]

Decorations

Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date
Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 30 April 2008

References

  1. ^ Martin van Rijn nieuwe voorzitter Reinier Haga Groep, 2017-11-14, Reinier Haga Groep (in Dutch).
  2. ^ "Labor party member appointed new Medical Care Minister". NL Times. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

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Civic offices Preceded byUnknown Deputy Director-General for Housing of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment 1995–2000 Succeeded byUnknown Preceded byUnknown Director-General for Management and Personnel Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations 2000–2003 Succeeded byUnknown Preceded byUnknown Director-General for Healthcare of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport 2003–2007 Succeeded byUnknown Political offices Preceded byMarlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport 2012–2017 Succeeded byPaul Blokhuis Preceded byBruno Bruins Minister for Medical Care 2020 Succeeded byTamara van Ark Business positions Preceded byOffice established CEO and Chairman of PGGM 2008–2012 Succeeded byEdwin Velzel Preceded byChiel Huffmeijer CEO and Chairman of the Reinier Haga Groep 2017–present Succeeded byVacant
Second Rutte cabinet (2012–2017)
Third Rutte cabinet (2017–2022)
State Secretaries for Health of the Netherlands
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