Ferdinand Grapperhaus
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His Excellency Ferdinand Grapperhaus |
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Ferdinand Grapperhaus, 2010
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| Minister of Justice and Security | |
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Assumed office 26 October 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Stef Blok |
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| Born |
Ferdinand Bernhard Joseph Grapperhaus 8 November 1959 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party |
Christian Democratic Appeal (from 2001) |
| Spouse(s) | Florentine Riem Vis (m. 1986; her death 2016) |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Alma mater |
University of Amsterdam (LLM, PhD) |
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Jurist Lawyer Professor Author |
Ferdinand Bernhard Joseph Grapperhaus Jr. (born 8 November 1959) is a Dutch jurist, author and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). A law professor at Maastricht University, he was appointed as Minister of Justice and Security in the Third Rutte cabinet on 26 October 2017. He previously served as a member of the Social-Economic Council from 2006 to 2010, and was the president of the redaction board of the CDA program for the general election, 2010.
Ferdinand Bernhard Joseph Grapperhaus was born on 8 November 1959 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is eldest son of Ferdinand "Ferd" Grapperhaus Sr. who served as State secretary for Finance from 1967 to 1971. Grapperhaus went to the secondary school Aloysius College in The Hague in between 1971 and 1977. He studied Dutch law at the University of Amsterdam where he obtained an LLM degree in constitutional law in 1984. In 1995, Grapperhaus was awarded a PhD degree in labour law under the supervision of Paul F. van der Heijden.
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