Jo Ritzen
| Jozef Marie Mathias Ritzen | |
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| Minister of Education, Culture, and Sciences | |
| In office 22 August 1994 – 3 August 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Wim Kok |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Loek Hermans |
| Minister of Education and Sciences | |
| In office 7 November 1989 – 22 August 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
| Preceded by | Gerrit Braks |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
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| Born | 3 October 1945 Heerlen, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | Labour Party (PvdA) |
Jozef Marie Mathias "Jo" Ritzen (born 3 October 1945 in Heerlen) is a Dutch economist and social-democratic politician.
[edit] Education
Ritzen started in 1963 on Bernardinus College in Heerlen. In 1970 he obtained an engineering degree in physics from the Technische Hogeschool Delft, now Technische Universiteit Delft. He received his PhD at the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam with a thesis about education, economic growth, and income inequality metrics.
[edit] Work
Before entering politics, Ritzen worked, among other places, at the Erasmus Universiteit, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (now Radboud University), and at the University of California, Berkeley.
In 1989 he became Minister of Education and Sciences in the cabinet Lubbers 3. In the same cabinet he was Minister of Welfare, Health, and Culture for a month in 1994. That same year, with the installation of the cabinet Kok 1, he became Minister of Education, Culture, and Sciences.
As a minister he introduced the OV-studentenkaart in 1990, a card giving free public transportation to students, and the Prestatiebeurs, a new form of student financing. The introduction of the Prestatiebeurs lead to great resistance from the LSVb.
After his last ministership he became one of the 30 vicepresidents of the Worldbank.
He has been president of Universiteit Maastricht from 2003 until February 2011.
[edit] External links
- (Dutch) Biography on parlement.com
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