Ben Knapen

Ben Knapen
Ben Knapen
	Ben Knapen in 2010
Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the Senate
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 June 2019
Preceded by	Elco Brinkman
Member of the Senate
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 June 2015
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 14 October 2010 – 5 November 2012
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Frans Timmermans
Succeeded by	Office not in use
Member of the Scientific ; Council for Government Policy
	In office; 1 January 2008 – 5 November 2012
Personal details
Born	Hubertus Petrus Maria Knapen; 6 January 1951 (age 73); Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1997)
Alma mater	Radboud University Nijmegen ; (Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy)
Occupation	Politician · Civil servant · Political scientist · Historian · Researcher · Businessman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Journalist · Editor · Author · Columnist · Political pundit · Professor

Hubertus Petrus Maria "Ben" Knapen (born 6 January 1951) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and historian. He has been a Member of the Senate since 9 June 2015. Starting from June 2019 he is the CDA parliamentary leader in the Senate.

Career

Knapen was the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the first Rutte cabinet, serving from 14 October 2010 to 5 November 2012. His portfolio comprised European Union matters, as well as international aid.^[1] Today, he is on the advisory board of OMFIF where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system.

Other activities

African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2010–2012)^[2]

Decorations

Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
Honours
	Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	7 December 2012

References

^ (in Dutch) Ben Knapen Archived December 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Christian Democratic Appeal
^ AfDB Annual Report 2010 African Development Bank (AfDB).

External links

Official

(in Dutch) Dr. H.P.M. (Ben) Knapen Parlement & Politiek
(in Dutch) Dr. H.P.M. Knapen (CDA) Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal

Party political offices
Preceded by Elco Brinkman	Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the Senate 2019–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Frans Timmermans	State Secretary for Foreign Affairs 2010–2012	Vacant

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[1] (in Dutch) Ben Knapen Archived December 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Christian Democratic Appeal

[2] AfDB Annual Report 2010 African Development Bank (AfDB).

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v t e Members of the Senate of the Netherlands (2015–2019)
Senate 9 June 2015 – 11 June 2019
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD: 13)	Jorritsma Broekers-Knol (President) Bruijn Bruijn-Wezeman Duthler <De Grave> <Hermans> Huijbregts-Schiedon Van Kappen Klip-Martin Knip <Krikke> Schaap Schouwenaar <Swagerman> Van de Ven Wever
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA: 12)	Brinkman Atsma Van Bijsterveld Flierman <Hoekstra> Van Kesteren Knapen Lokin-Sassen Martens Oomen Van Rij Rombouts De Vries-Leggedoor
Democrats 66 (D66: 10)	Engels Andriessen Backer (Bredenoord) Comenencia <De Graaf> Pijlman Prast Rinnooy Kan <Schaper> Schnabel Stienen Vink
Party for Freedom (PVV: 9)	Faber Aardema <Van Beek> Dercksen Van Dijk Van Hattem Van Kesteren Kok <Kops> <Markuszower> <Popken> Van der Sluijs Van Strien <Van Weerdenburg>
Socialist Party (SP: 9)	Kox Van Apeldoorn Don <Elzinga> Gerkens Köhler Meijer Overbeek Reuten <Ruers> Wezel
Labour Party (PvdA: 8)	Postema <Barth> <Beuving> Fiers Nooren Schrijver Sent Sini Verheijen <Vreeman> Van Zandbrink
GreenLeft (GL: 4)	Strik Binnema Ganzevoort Lindmeijer <Vos>
Christian Union (CU: 3)	Kuiper Bikker Ester
Party for the Animals (PvdD: 2)	Koffeman Teunissen
Reformed Political Party (SGP: 2)	Schalk Van Dijk
50PLUS (50+: 2)	Nagel Baay-Timmerman <Van Rooijen>
Independent Senate Group (OSF: 1)	Ten Hoeve
Bold signifies the Parliamentary leader (first mentioned) Bold also signifies the President Brackets () signifies a temporary absent member Italics signifies a temporary member <> signifies a member who prematurely left this Senate See also: Members of the Senate of the Netherlands, 2011–2015 See also: Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2012–2017

v t e First Rutte cabinet (2010–2012)
Preceded by: Demissionary fourth Balkenende cabinet Succeeded by: Second Rutte cabinet
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte (General Affairs)
Deputy Prime Minister	Maxime Verhagen (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation)
Ministers	Piet Hein Donner (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (2010–2011) Liesbeth Spies (Interior and Kingdom Relations) (from 2011) Uri Rosenthal (Foreign Affairs) Jan Kees de Jager (Finance) Ivo Opstelten (Security and Justice) Hans Hillen (Defence) Edith Schippers (Health, Welfare and Sport) Marja van Bijsterveldt (Education, Culture and Science) Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment) Henk Kamp (Social Affairs and Employment)
Minister without portfolio	Gerd Leers (Immigration, Integration and Asylum Affairs)
State secretaries	Ben Knapen (Foreign Affairs) Frans Weekers (Finance) Fred Teeven (Security and Justice) Henk Bleker (Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation) Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten (Health, Welfare and Sport) Halbe Zijlstra (Education, Culture and Science) Joop Atsma (Infrastructure and the Environment) Paul de Krom (Social Affairs and Employment)

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