Ed van Thijn
| Ed van Thijn | |
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Ed van Thijn in 2010
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| Member of the Senate | |
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In office 8 June 1999 – 12 June 2007 |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 18 January 1994 – 27 May 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | Ruud Lubbers |
| Preceded by | Ernst Hirsch Ballin |
| Succeeded by | Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta |
| Mayor of Amsterdam | |
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In office 16 June 1983 – 18 January 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Wim Polak |
| Succeeded by | Schelto Patijn |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 16 September 1982 – 16 June 1983 |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 11 September 1981 – 29 May 1982 |
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| Prime Minister | Dries van Agt |
| Preceded by | Hans Wiegel |
| Succeeded by | Max Rood |
| Parliamentary leader of the Labour Party in the House of Representatives | |
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In office 15 May 1973 – 16 January 1978 |
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| Preceded by | Joop den Uyl |
| Succeeded by | Joop den Uyl |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office 23 February 1967 – 11 September 1981 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Eduard van Thijn 16 August 1934 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) |
First wife (m. 1964; div. 1972) Eveline Herfkens (m. 1983; div. 1990) Odette Taminiau (m. 1992) |
| Domestic partner |
Hedy d'Ancona (1973–1979) |
| Children | Carla van Thijn (born 1965) Marion van Thijn (born 1968) |
| Residence | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam (Master of Science) |
| Occupation | Politician, author, professor |
| Religion | Progressive Judaism |
Eduard "Ed" van Thijn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːdyɑrt ˈɛt fɑn ˈtɛi̯n]; born 16 August 1934) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
Eduard van Thijn was born on 16 August 1934 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 23 February 1967 until 11 September 1981. When Joop den Uyl became Prime Minister, Van Thijn became the Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, serving from 15 May 1973 until 16 January 1978.
Van Thijn became Minister of the Interior serving from 11 September 1981 until 29 May 1982 in the Cabinet Van Agt II and again a Member of the House of Representatives from 16 September 1982 until 16 June 1983.
16 June 1983, Van Thijn became Mayor of Amsterdam, serving as Mayor until resignation on 18 January 1994.
On 4 October 1992, while Van Thijn was the mayor, an Israeli airline El Al Flight 1862 crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmermeer (colloquially "Bijlmer") neighbourhood (part of Amsterdam-Zuidoost) of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hundreds of people were left homeless by the crash; the city's municipal buses were used to transport survivors to emergency shelters. Firefighters and police also were forced to deal with reports of looting in the area.
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