Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst

Baron
Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst
Baron Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst
	Van Voorst tot Voorst in 1988
Queen's Commissioner of Limburg
	In office; 1 July 1993 – 1 July 2005
Monarch	Beatrix
Preceded by	Emile Mastenbroek
Succeeded by	Léon Frissen
State Secretary for Defence
	In office; 7 November 1989 – 1 June 1993
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	Jan van Houwelingen
Succeeded by	Ton Frinking
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 14 September 1989 – 7 November 1989
Parliamentary group	Christian Democratic Appeal
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 27 September 1988 – 7 November 1989
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers
Preceded by	René van der Linden
Succeeded by	Piet Dankert
Personal details
Born	Berend-Jan Marie van Voorst tot Voorst; 7 February 1944; Beek, German-occupied Netherlands
Died	6 November 2023 (aged 79)
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal ; (from 1980)
Other political; affiliations	Catholic People's Party ; (1966–1980)
Children	3 daughters
Residence(s)	Maastricht, Netherlands
Alma mater	Radboud University Nijmegen ; (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) ; University of Fribourg ; (Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Social Science)
Occupation	Politician · Diplomat · Civil servant · Jurist · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director

Baron Berend-Jan Marie van Voorst tot Voorst (7 February 1944 – 6 November 2023) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist.^[1]

Van Voorst tot Voorst worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from July 1968 until September 1972 and as a diplomat for the Directorate-General for External Relations of the European Commission in Brussels from September 1972 until May 1985. Van Voorst tot Voorst worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Economic Affairs as Director-General of the department for Foreign Trade from May 1985 until September 1988. Van Voorst tot Voorst was appointed State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet Lubbers II following the resignation of René van der Linden, taking office on 27 September 1988. Van Voorst tot Voorst was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives after the election of 1989, taking office on 14 September 1989. Following the cabinet formation of 1989 Van Voorst tot Voorst was appointed State Secretary for Defence in the Cabinet Lubbers III, taking office on 7 November 1989.

In June 1993 Van Voorst tot Voorst was nominated as Queen's Commissioner of Limburg, he resigned as a State Secretary on 1 June 1993 and was installed as Queen's Commissioner, serving from 1 July 1993 until 1 July 2005.

Personal life

Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst had his secondary education in Tilburg and studied law at the Catholic University of Nijmegen and politics as well as science at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.^[1]

Van Voorst tot Voorst was married and had three daughters. He died on 6 November 2023, at the age of 79.^[2]

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Commander of the Order of Leopold II	Belgium	15 May 1989
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	25 June 1993
	Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre	Holy See	16 April 1996	Elevated from Knight (19 July 1989)
	Grand Officer of the Order of the Oak Crown	Luxembourg	12 December 1996
	Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great	Holy See	18 September 1998
	Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi	Sovereign Military Order of Malta	1 January 2002
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	1 July 2005
	Commander of the Legion of Honour	France	25 November 2005

References

^ ^a ^b "Mr. B.J.M. (Berend-Jan) baron van Voorst tot Voorst" (in Dutch). Parliamentary Documentation Centre (PDC). Retrieved 15 December 2010.
^ "Oud-gouverneur Van Voorst tot Voorst (79) overleden" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 8 November 2023. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023.

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Mr. B.J.M. (Berend-Jan) baron van Voorst tot Voorst Parlement & Politiek

Political offices
Preceded by René van der Linden	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1988–1989	Succeeded by Piet Dankert
Preceded by Jan van Houwelingen	State Secretary for Defence 1989–1993	Succeeded by Ton Frinking
Preceded by Emile Mastenbroek	Queen's Commissioner of Limburg 1993–2005	Succeeded by Leon Frissen

[PDC-1] "Mr. B.J.M. (Berend-Jan) baron van Voorst tot Voorst" (in Dutch). Parliamentary Documentation Centre (PDC). Retrieved 15 December 2010.

[2] "Oud-gouverneur Van Voorst tot Voorst (79) overleden" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 8 November 2023. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023.

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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

v t e Third Lubbers cabinet (1989–1994)
Preceded by: Second Lubbers cabinet Succeeded by: First Kok cabinet
Prime Minister	Ruud Lubbers (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Wim Kok (Finance)
Ministers	Ien Dales (Interior) (1989–1994) (†) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Interior) (Ad interim) Ed van Thijn (Interior) (1994) Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) (from 1994) Hans van den Broek (Foreign Affairs) (1989–1993) Pieter Kooijmans (Foreign Affairs) (from 1993) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Justice) (1989–1994) Aad Kosto (Justice) (from 1994) Koos Andriessen (Economic Affairs) Relus ter Beek (Defence) Hedy d'Ancona (Welfare, Health and Culture) (1989–1994) Jo Ritzen (Welfare, Health and Culture) (Ad interim) Bert de Vries (Social Affairs and Employment) Jo Ritzen (Education and Sciences) Hanja Maij-Weggen (Transport and Water Management) (1989–1994) Koos Andriessen (Transport and Water Management) (Ad interim) Gerrit Braks (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (1989–1990) Bert de Vries (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (Ad interim) Piet Bukman (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) (from 1990) Hans Alders (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)
Ministers without portfolio	Ruud Lubbers (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (Ad interim) Ernst Hirsch Ballin (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (1989–1994) Ruud Lubbers (Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Affairs) (from 1994) Jan Pronk (Development Cooperation)
State Secretaries	Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta (Interior) (1989–1994) Piet Dankert (Foreign Affairs) Marius van Amelsvoort (Finance) Aad Kosto (Justice) (1989–1994) Piet Bukman (Economic Affairs) (1989–1990) Yvonne van Rooy (Economic Affairs) (from 1990) Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (Defence) (1989–1993) Ton Frinking (Defence) (from 1993) Hans Simons (Welfare, Health and Culture) Elske ter Veld (Social Affairs and Employment) (1989–1993) Jacques Wallage (Social Affairs and Employment) (from 1993) Jacques Wallage (Education and Science) (1989–1993) Roel in 't Veld (Education and Science) (1993) Job Cohen (Education and Science) (from 1993) Dzsingisz Gabor (Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries) Enneüs Heerma (Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment)

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)